libra

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)
2. (feminine, historical) libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
3. (feminine) British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)
4. (feminine, historical) pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of librar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of librar:

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

Lees meer

Sinonieme

libra esterlina

almohadilla

numeral

número

🔢

perrera

libra del troy

lb

500 gramos en colombia

gato

😺

Vertalings

pound

💷

Pfund

livre

📖

libbra

💷

libra

pond

lliura

sterlina

💷

quid

lira

lira sterlina

talentum

βαράω

bilancia

Gekoppel as

li‧bra

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlibɾa/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Galisies: -

Verwante met Portugees: libra

Verwante met Katalaans: lliura

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.