libro
Bikol Central
Noun
libro
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber (“book”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libro
- A book.
- (accounting) A journal or a ledger.
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber (“book”).
Noun
libro
- book (written work)
Esperanto

books
Etymology
From French livre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibro/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libro (accusative singular libron, plural libroj, accusative plural librojn)
- a book
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
- Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj".
- Once, when I was six years old, I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the primeval forest, titled "True Stories".
- Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj".
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
Hypernyms
- informilo (“a source of information”)
Hyponyms
Meronyms
- antaŭparolo (“a foreword”)
- ĉapitro (“a chapter”)
- librokovro (“a bookcover”)
- paĝo (“a page”)
- postparolo (“an afterword”)
Holonyms
- biblioteko (“library”)
- libraro (“a collection of books”)
- librejo (“any place where books are kept”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Latin liber, librum (“book”). Compare Portuguese livro.
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto libro, from French libre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Noun
libro (plural libri)
Derived terms
- libreto (“booklet, opuscule, libretto”)
- exercolibro (“exercise book”)
- evangeliolibro (“Book of the Gospel”)
- guidolibro (“guide book”)
- imajolibro (“picture book”)
- lernolibro (“textbook, instruction book”)
- vortolibro (“dictionary, lexicon”)
Interlingua
Noun
libro (plural libros)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin liber, librum (“book”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
libro m (plural libri)
Related terms
Latin
Etymology 1
From lībra (“a balance”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.broː/
Verb
lībrō (present infinitive lībrāre, perfect active lībrāvī, supine lībrātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlɪ.broː]
Noun
librō
References
- libro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- libro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- libro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
- (ambiguous) the book treats of friendship: hic liber est de amicitia (not agit) or hoc libro agitur de am.
- (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro continetur aliquid
- (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro scriptor complexus est aliquid
- (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
Mirandese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin liber, librum.
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
Spanish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/, [ˈliβɾo]
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber (“book”). Cognate with Portuguese livro.
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Verb
libro
Further reading
- “libro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.bro/
Noun
libro m (plural libros)