libra

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

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Konzepte

Pfund

Waage

Nummernzeichen

Pfund [500 g]

Pfund Sterling

Raute

Rautenzeichen

Tafel

zerstampfen

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Doppelkreuz

Lattenkreuz

Gartenzaun

Synonyme

libra esterlina

almohadilla

numeral

número

🔢

perrera

libra del troy

lb

500 gramos en colombia

gato

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Übersetzungen

pound

💷

livre

📖

libbra

💷

libra

pond

lliura

sterlina

💷

quid

lira sterlina

lira

talentum

βαράω

bilancia

جنيه

💷

Mit Bindestrich als

li‧bra

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈlibɾa/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Galicisch: -

Verwandt mit Portugiesisch: libra

Verwandt mit Katalanisch: 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.