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Noun

libro

1. book

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber ‎(“book”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

libro

1. A book.
2. (accounting) A journal or a ledger.

Esperanto

libroj
books

Etymology

From French livre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

Noun

libro ‎(accusative singular libron, plural libroj, accusative plural librojn)

1. 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".

Hyponyms

• gvidlibro ‎(“a guidebook”)
• jarlibro ‎(“a yearbook”)
• kajero ‎(“a textbook”)
• lernolibro ‎(“an exercise book”)
• ringolibro ‎(“a book whose pages are held by metal rings, used to hold notes or documents”)

Hypernyms

• informilo ‎(“a source of information”)

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

• libreto ‎(“a booklet”)
• libristo ‎(“a bookseller”)
• taglibro ‎(“a diary”)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin liber, librum ‎(“book”). Compare Portuguese livro.

Noun

libro m ‎(plural libros)

1. book

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto libro, from French libre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.

Noun

libro (plural libri)

1. book

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)

1. book

Italian

Etymology

From Latin liber, librum ‎(“book”).

Pronunciation

Noun

libro m ‎(plural libri)

1. book
2. (botany) phloem
3. omasum

Related terms

• libraio
• librario
• libreria
• libresco
• libretto

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

1. I poise, balance
2. I swing, brandish, hurl, cast, fling
3. (figuratively) I consider, weigh, ponder

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlɪ.broː]

Noun

librō

1. dative masculine singular of liber
2. ablative masculine singular of liber

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “libro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
    

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• lhibro

Etymology

From Latin liber, librum.

Noun

libro m ‎(plural libros)

1. book

Spanish

Libros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈli.βɾo]

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)

1. book

Derived terms

• librería f
• libreta f

Related terms

• librero
• libreto

Descendants

• Quechua: liwru
• Tagalog: libro

See also

• tomo m

Etymology 2

Verb

libro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of librar.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bro/

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

1. book

Synonyms

• aklat