libro
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Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
líbro or libró (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜍᜓ)
- book
- Sain mo binakal an libro?
- Where did you buy the book?
Buhi'non Bikol
Etymology
Noun
libró
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libro (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ)
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin liber (“book”).
Pronunciation
Noun
libro
- book (written work)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
libro
Esperanto
Etymology
From French livre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Pronunciation
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".
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
Hypernyms
- informilo (“a source of information”)
Hyponyms
Meronyms
- antaŭparolo (“foreword”)
- ĉapitro (“chapter”)
- librokovro (“bookcover”)
- paĝo (“page”)
- postparolo (“afterword”)
Holonyms
- biblioteko (“library”)
- libraro (“collection of books”)
- librejo (“any place where books are kept”)
- libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
Derived terms
- adreslibro (“address book”)
- ĉeflibro (“main book”)
- frazlibro (“phrasebook”)
- gvidlibro (“guidebook”)
- jarlibro (“yearbook”)
- kuirlibro (“cookbook”)
- lernolibro (“textbook”)
- libraro (“collection of books”)
- libreto (“booklet”)
- libristo (“bookseller”)
- librobreto (“bookshelf”)
- librokovro (“bookcover”)
- libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
- manlibro (“handbook”)
- ringolibro (“book whose pages are held by metal rings, used to hold notes or documents”)
- taglibro (“diary”)
- tekstolibro (“textbook”)
- Vizaĝlibro (“Facebook”)
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese livro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin liber, librum (“book”). Compare Portuguese livro.
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
- book
- 2010, Moisés Barcia, transl., Unha lectora fóra do común, page back cover:
- Nunca mostrara moito interese pola lectura, pero tomou en préstamo un libro, e a este seguíronlle moitos outros, tantos que pouco a pouco a afección se converteu en devoción, o que perturbou as relacións coa súa familia, os ministros, a servidume e os amigos.
- [She] had never shown much interest for reading, but then borrowed a book, and many more afterwards, so many that little by little her affection became devotion, which disturbed her relations with her family, the ministers, servitude and her friends.
- bible, omasum
- Synonyms: entrefollo, santafollo
Derived terms
References
- “libro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “libro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “libro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “libro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “libro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Etymology 2
Verb
libro
Ibatan
Etymology
Noun
libro
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto libro, French livre, Italian libro, Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Pronunciation
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”)
Ilocano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libro (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜓ)
- book
- Ayanna ti libro?
- Where is the book?
Interlingua
Noun
libro (plural libros)
Iriga Bicolano
Etymology
Noun
libro
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libri, diminutive librétto or librìno or libriccìno (more common) or librettìno, augmentative libróne, pejorative libràccio, derogatory libriciàttolo or (literary) libràttolo, diminutive-derogatory librùccio or librettùccio or libricciòlo)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From lībra (“a balance”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.broː/, [ˈlʲiːbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈliːbro]
Verb
lībrō (present infinitive lībrāre, perfect active lībrāvī, supine lībrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: librare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlʲɪbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈliːbro]
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
Libon Bikol
Etymology
Noun
libró
Lombard
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Old Lombard) IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/
Noun
libro (plural libri)
- (Old Lombard) book
- 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:
- In questo nostro libro da tre guis è scrigiura:
- In this book we deal with three types of writing:
Masbate Sorsogon
Etymology
Noun
libró
Masbatenyo
Etymology
Noun
libro
Mirandese
Etymology
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
Miraya Bikol
Etymology
Noun
libró
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
Noun
libro
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- liuro (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
- book
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:
- dixo el nŕo ſenor a moẏſen qui peccare en mi deſfer loe de mio libro. Agora ue e di ami pueblo cuemo fable […]
- Our Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe out of my book. Now go and say to my people how I have spoken. […] ”
Descendants
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed either directly from Spanish libro (“book”) or through Ilocano libro.
Pronunciation
Noun
libro
Sambali
Etymology
Noun
libro
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
Noun
libro
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), an early borrowing from Latin librum (“book”). Cognate with French livre, Portuguese livro.
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
Hyponyms
- gran libro
- libro blanco
- libro de acuerdos
- libro de asiento
- libro de becerro
- libro de bolsillo
- libro de caballerías
- libro de cabecera
- libro de caja
- libro de contabilidad
- libro de cuentas ajustadas
- libro de cuentos
- libro de escolaridad
- libro de estilo
- libro de familia
- libro de fondo
- libro de frases
- libro de hechizos
- libro de hechizos (“spell book, spellbook”)
- libro de honor
- libro de horas
- libro de inventarios
- libro de la vida
- libro de las sombras
- libro de lo salvado
- libro de mano
- libro de memoria
- libro de misa
- Libro de Mormón
- libro de música
- libro de oro
- libro de surtido
- libro de texto
- libro de visitas
- libro diario
- libro electrónico
- libro mayor
- libro sagrado
Derived terms
- audiolibro
- cantar a libro abierto
- de libro
- hablar como un libro
- libraco
- librería
- libreta
- librito
- libro abierto
- libro cerrado (“closed book”) (idiomatic)
- libro de caballerías
- librote
- pulmón en libro
- teneduría de libros
- tragalibros
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
libro
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “libro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
Further reading
- “libro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro with a shift of stress, from Latin librum (“book”). Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /libˈɾo/ [lɪbˈɾo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: lib‧ro
Noun
libró (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ)
- book
- Synonym: aklat
- (accounting) journal; daybook
- (colloquial) logbook; record book
- Synonyms: aklat-talaan, libro de-rehistro
- (anatomy) omasum
Derived terms
- libruhin
Related terms
Further reading
- “libro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 389: “Libro) Libdo (pc) C. qualquiera yalo entienden en eſpañol corupto”
Waray Sorsogon
Etymology
Noun
libro
Waray-Waray
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libró
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
Noun
libró
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
libro
- book
- 1984, Raúl Brockway B., Herminio Cosme, Juan Hernández, Frases en mejicano y español: En el idioma náhuatl de San Miguel de Tenango, Puebla y en español, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano:
- Ixtlapocan namolibro itich in amatl majtlactli.
- Open your books to page ten.
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