libra.
English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)
Meaning & usage
English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)
libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)
pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)
Where this word comes from
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.
Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)
Where this word comes from
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.
inflection of librar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of librar: second-person singular imperative
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