libra

See also: Libra and librá

English

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Ancient Roman units of measurement

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin lībra (“pound”), partially via Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese libra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, lira, litra, litre, livre, and rottol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːbrə/, /ˈlaɪbrə/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

libra (plural libras or librae) (Roman contexts)

1. (historical) A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
3. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 345 g and particularly used for trade in medicines.
4. (historical) Synonym of arratel, a separate Portuguese unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
5. (historical) Alternative spelling of libbra, a traditional Italian unit of mass.
6. (historical) Synonym of pound, a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.

Synonyms

• (Roman unit of mass): Roman pound, pound (Roman contexts)
• (Spanish unit of mass): Spanish pound, pound (Spanish contexts)
• (Portuguese unit of mass): Portuguese pound, pound (Portuguese contexts, but more often used for the arratel)

Coordinate terms

• (Roman unit of mass): uncia (¹⁄₁₂ libra)
• (Spanish unit of mass): onza (¹⁄₁₆ libra), cuarteron (¹⁄₄ libra), marco (¹⁄₁ libra), arroba (25 libras), quintal (100 libras), tonelada (2,000 libras)
• (Portuguese unit of mass): oitava (usually ¹⁄₇₂ libra), onça (usually ¹⁄₁₂ libra), quarta (usually ¹⁄₃ libra), marco (usually ²⁄₃ libra), arratel (usually 1+¹⁄₃ libras)

References

• Dictionary of Units of Measurement

Anagrams

• Arbil, Baril, Blair, Bliar, Rabil, brail

Translations

Unit of mass

Albanian

Noun

libra

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of libër

Czech

Etymology

From Latin libra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪbra]

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

libra f

1. pound (unit of measure)
2. pound (currency)

Declension

Declension of libra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	libra	libry
genitive	libry	liber
dative	libře	librám
accusative	libru	libry
vocative	libro	libry
locative	libře	librách
instrumental	librou	librami

Further reading

• “libra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “libra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese livra, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin libra (“Roman pound”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish libra and Catalan lliura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliβɾɐ]

Noun

libra f (plural libras)

1. English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g
2. (historical) Galician pound, a unit of mass equivalent to about 575 g
3. (historical) libra, Spanish pound, a unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g
4. British pound, a unit of British currency originally notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver

   Synonym: libra esterlina

5. (chiefly historical) pound, other similar currencies originally notionally equal to a pound of gold or silver

Coordinate terms

• (Galician pound): onza (¹⁄₂₀ libra)
• (Spanish pound): onza (¹⁄₁₆ libra)

Noun

libra m or f by sense (plural libras)

1. Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)

Related terms

• Libra

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “libra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “libra”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “libra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “libra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “libra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

libra

1. inflection of librar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.bra/
• Rhymes: -ibra
• Hyphenation: lì‧bra

Noun

libra f (plural libre)

1. pound