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livre.

book

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/livʁ/

  1. book

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin librum. The strictly inherited form would be *loivre. Doublet of liber.

noun/livʁ/

  1. pound (unit of weight) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g

    Europe · feminine · informal

  2. pound (unit of weight) imperial pound ≈ 454 g

    North-America · feminine

  3. pound (unit of weight) various values between 300 and 600 g

    feminine · historical

  4. pound (unit of currency)

    feminine

  5. grade (level)

    Louisiana · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin lībra.

verb/livʁ/

  1. inflection of livrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of livrer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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