libra

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Zêdetir bixwîne

Têgeh

sterlîn

Hevwate

libra esterlina

almohadilla

numeral

número

🔢

perrera

libra del troy

lb

500 gramos en colombia

gato

😺

Werger

pound

💷

Pfund

livre

📖

libbra

💷

libra

pond

lliura

sterlina

💷

quid

lira

lira sterlina

talentum

βαράω

bilancia

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek

li‧bra

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈlibɾa/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi galîsî: -

Hevwate bi portugalî: libra

Hevwate bi katalanî: 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.