Cyril

Pronunciation

• enPR: sÄ­r-É™l IPA: /ˈsɪrÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -ɪrÉ™l

Origin

Via Late Latin Cyrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος, from κύριος (lord, master).

Full definition of Cyril

Proper noun

1. ; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
• 1954 P. G. Wodehouse, Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Herbert Jenkins (1957), page 35:Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.

Derived terms

• Cyrillic

Anagrams

• lyric