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say it: LIR-ik
lyric is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "expressing deep emotion". It is pronounced /ˈlɪɹɪk/ — LIR-ik. It carries 7 recorded senses.
used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
“a lyric soprano”
music
relating to or being musical drama
“the lyric stage”
music
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
“lyric poetry”
poetry
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
“his compositions always started with the lyrics”
“he wrote both words and music”
“the song uses colloquial language”
a short poem of songlike quality
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lyric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.