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libre

libre

See also: LIBRE and libré

English

Adjective

libre (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing 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, from borrowing 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/
  • Homophone: libres
  • Hyphenation: libre

Adjective

libre m, f (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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese libre, livre, from Latin līber.

Adjective

libre m, f (plural libres)

  1. free, not captive, unbound

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish libre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

  1. free; without charge; gratis

Interlingue

Noun

libre

  1. book

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Italian

Noun

libre f

  1. plural of libra

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from borrowing from Latin līber (free).

Adjective

libre m, f

  1. (Jersey) free

Novial

Noun

libre (plural libres)

  1. book

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal libre, from Latin liber, librum (book).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliβɾe]

Noun

libre m (plural libres)

  1. book

Old Provençal

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliβɾe/

Adjective

libre m, f (plural libres)

  1. free, clear, at liberty

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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.

Tagalog

Etymology

Spanish libre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

  1. free; without charge; gratis

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