libra

(Engels)

librar

  1. (transitive) to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve
  2. to free, to exempt
  3. (transitive) to place, to put (hope, trust)
  4. (transitive) to issue (a check, a decree)
  5. to make (an appointment)
  6. (transitive) to wage, to engage (battle, war)
  7. (intransitive) to give birth
  8. (intransitive) to expel the placenta
  9. (intransitive) to be free; to get off

Frekwensie

C1
Gekoppel as
li‧bra
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈlibɾa/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Latin libra (“Roman pound, scale”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese libra and Catalan lliura.

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