Chimera - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kaɪˈmɪrə|  American pronunciation of the word chimera
Brit.  |kaɪˈmɪərə|  British pronunciation of the word chimera

noun

- (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
- a grotesque product of the imagination

Extra examples

Economic stability in that country is a chimera.

...a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye...

Her dream of sailing around the world alone is just a chimera.

The Chimera is a monster in Greek mythology that is part lion, part goat, and part serpent.

Word forms

noun
singular: chimera
plural: chimeras
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