livre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of libra and lira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːvɹə/, /ˈliːvə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːvɹə, -iːvə(ɹ)
Noun
livre (plural livres)
- (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115:
- They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30:
- He never, it should be noted, totally renounced his inheritance: a critic of the court round, he benefited to the tune of a cool two million livres a year from royal largesse […] .
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- (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
Anagrams
- Elvir, Liver, ervil, levir, liver, rivel, viler
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin liber.
Noun
livre m (plural livres)
- book
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /livʁ/
audio (un livre) (file) - Homophones: livres, livrent
- Rhymes: -ivʁ
Etymology 1
From Middle French livre, from Old French livre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin liber, librum. The strictly inherited form would be *loivre. Doublet of liber.
Noun
livre m (plural livres)
- book
- Synonym: bouquin
Derived terms
- à livre ouvert
- lire en quelqu'un comme dans un livre ouvert
- livre audio
- livre blanc
- livre de bord
- livre de chevet
- livre de comptes
- livre de poche
- livre d'heures
- livre d'or
- livre électronique
- livre sonore
- livro-
- parler comme un livre
Related terms
- libro-
- librairie f
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole French: liv
Etymology 2
From Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin lībra.
Noun
livre f (plural livres)
- pound (unit of weight)
- (Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g
- (North America) imperial pound ≈ 454 g
- (historical) various values between 300 and 600 g
- pound (unit of currency)
- (Louisiana) grade (level)
Derived terms
- livre sterling
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole French: liv
See also
- franc
- sou
- chelin
Verb
livre
- inflection of livrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “livre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
livre
- Alternative form of lyvere (“liver”)
Middle French
Etymology 1
From Old French livre, from Latin liber.
Noun
livre m (plural livres)
- book
Descendants
- French: livre
Etymology 2
From Old French livre, from Latin lībra.
Noun
livre f (plural livres)
- scales
- pound (unit of weight varying between 380g and 552g)
- pound (unit of currency)
Descendants
- French: livre
Etymology 3
From Old French livre, from Latin līber.
Adjective
livre m or f (plural livres)
- free; at liberty
References
- livre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French livre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin liber, librum.
Noun
livre m (plural livres)
- (Jersey) book
Derived terms
- garder les livres (“to keep books, book-keep”)
- livre d'exèrcice (“exercise book”)
- livre d'priéthes (“prayer book”)
Related terms
- librairie (“bookshop”)
Etymology 2
From Latin libra.
Noun
livre f (plural livres)
- pound (unit of measure of mass)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
livre n (definite singular livreet, indefinite plural livre or livreer, definite plural livrea or livreene)
- Alternative form of livré
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
livre n (definite singular livreet, indefinite plural livre, definite plural livrea)
- Alternative form of livré
Anagrams
- levri
Old French
Etymology 1
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin liber, librum.
Noun
livre m (oblique plural livres, nominative singular livres, nominative plural livre)
- book (collection of sheets of paper in a specific order)
Descendants
- Middle French: livre
- French: livre
- Norman: livre
Etymology 2
From Latin lībra.
Noun
livre f (oblique plural livres, nominative singular livre, nominative plural livres)
- livre (medieval French equivalent of a monetary pound)
- pound (weight)
Usage notes
- According to the Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française, the actual measure varied between 380g and 552g.
Descendants
- → English: livre
- Middle French: livre
- French: livre
Etymology 3
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin līber.
Adjective
livre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular livre)
- free; at liberty
Descendants
- Middle French: livre
References
- livre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (livre, supplement)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.vɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.vɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈli.vɾ(ɨ)/
Audio (Center-West, Brazil) (file) - Hyphenation: li‧vre
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese livre, libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).
Adjective
livre m or f (plural livres)
- free
- unoccupied
- clear, open
Related terms
- livrar
- liberar
- liberdade
- libertar
Descendants
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: livri, libri
Noun
livre m (plural livres)
- (soccer) free kick
- Synonym: pontapé livre
Derived terms
- livre direto
- livre indireto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
livre
- inflection of livrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative