empyré

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin empyreum, from empyrius, derived from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence Swedish fyr (“fire”)). First attested in 1871.[1]

Noun

empyré c

  1. empyrean
    Synonym: eldhimmel

Derived terms

References
  1. empyré in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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