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 verder

Concepten

pond

weegschaal

plak

pond sterling

tablet

kruisje

Engelse pond

hekje

pound

plaat

Synoniemen

libra esterlina

almohadilla

numeral

número

🔢

perrera

libra del troy

lb

500 gramos en colombia

gato

😺

Vertalingen

pound

💷

Pfund

livre

📖

libbra

💷

libra

lliura

sterlina

💷

quid

lira

lira sterlina

talentum

βαράω

bilancia

جنيه

💷

Met koppelteken als

li‧bra

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlibɾa/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Galicisch: -

Verwant aan Portugees: libra

Verwant aan Catalaans: 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.