libre

See also: LIBRE and libré

English

Etymology

From French and Spanish libre (“free, at liberty”).

Pronunciation

The pronunciation is near to French one.

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈliː.bɹə/
  • Homophone: Libra
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈli.bɹə/, /ˈli.bɹeɪ/

Adjective

libre (not comparable)

  1. (free software movement) With very few limitations on distribution or improvement; including source code.
  2. (uncommon) free (as in freedom); independent.

Usage notes

  • The latter sense is mainly used to distinguish from the gratis meaning of the word free.

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Adjective

libre

  1. Without charge; free, gratis.
  2. Not married; single.
  3. At liberty.
  4. Without burden.

Verb

libre

  1. To treat, to provide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense.
  2. To pay for another person's purchase.

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin līber (“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /libʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: libres
  • Hyphenation: libre

Adjective

libre (plural libres)

  1. free, at liberty
    Un homme libre.
    A free man.
  2. clear, free, vacant
    La voie est libre.
    The way is clear.
  3. free, without obligation
    Temps libre.
    Free time.

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese libre, livre, from Latin līber.

Adjective

libre m, f (plural libres)

  1. free, not captive, unbound

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

  1. free; without charge; gratis

Interlingue

Noun

libre

  1. book

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

libre f

  1. plural of libra

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin līber (“free”).

Adjective

libre m, f

  1. (Jersey) free

Novial

Noun

libre c (plural libres)

  1. book

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan libre, from Latin liber, librum (“book”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliβɾe]

Noun

libre m (plural libres)

  1. book

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin liber, librum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French livre.

Noun

libre m (oblique plural libres, nominative singular libres, nominative plural libre)

  1. book

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾe/, [ˈliβɾe]

Etymology 1

From Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Adjective

libre (plural libres)

  1. free (not imprisoned or enslaved)
  2. free (unconstrained by timidity or distrust)
  3. free (without obligations)
  4. (grammar) free (that can be unattached to another morpheme)
  5. free (without; not containing)
    Synonym: sin
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

libre

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of librar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of librar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of librar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of librar.

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Spanish libre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

  1. free; without charge; gratis

See also

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