lira

See also líra

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Italian lira.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪəɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Noun

lira (plural lire or liras)

1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar), former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro.
3. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Translations

basic unit of currency in Turkey

• Czech: lira (cs) f
• Esperanto: liro (eo)
• Finnish: liira (fi)
• French: livre (fr) f

• Ido: liro (io)
• Navajo: Tʼóok bikéyah bi-lííwa
• Russian: лира (ru) (líra) f
• Turkish: lira (tr), Türk lirası (tr)

currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.

• Arabic: ليرة (ar) (liira) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里拉 (cmn) (lǐlā)

• Czech: lira (cs) f
• Finnish: liira (fi)
• French: livre (fr) f, (Italy, Malta) lire (fr) f
• German: Lira (de) f

• Greek: λίρα (el) (líra) f
• Italian: lira (it)
• Japanese: リラ (ja) (rira)
• Korean: 리라 (ko) (rira)
• Russian: лира (ru) (líra) f
• Turkish: liret (tr) (Italian)

See also

• £

Anagrams

• aril, lair, lari, liar, rail, rial

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Czech

Noun

lira f

1. lira (Turkish)
2. lira (Italian)

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French

Verb

lira

1. third-person singular future of lire

Anagrams

• rail

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Italian

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Etymology 1

From Latin libra.

Noun

lira f (plural lire)

1. lira

Etymology 2

From Latin lyra.

Noun

lira f (plural lire)

1. lyre

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Polish

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lira (#1)

Noun

lira f

1. lyre
2. black grouse's tail

Declension

    declension of lira

	singular	plural
nominative	lira	liry
genitive	liry	lir
dative	lirze	lirom
accusative	lirę	liry
instrumental	lirą	lirami
locative	lirze	lirach
vocative	liro	liry

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lȋra f (Cyrillic spelling лира)

1. lyre

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Slovene

Noun

lira f

1. lyre (a stringed musical instrument)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at lyre. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see lira in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lyra).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliɾa/

Noun

lira f (plural liras)

1. lyre

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Swedish

Verb

lira (present lirar, preterite lirade, supine lirat, imperative lira)

1. (colloquial) to play (a sport, an instrument or a game)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Italian lira.

Noun

lira (definite accusative lirayı, plural liralar)

1. Turkish lira.

Declension

declension of lira

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	lira	liralar
definite accusative (belirtme)	lirayı	liraları
dative (yönelme)	liraya	liralara
locative (bulunma)	lirada	liralarda
ablative (çıkma)	liradan	liralardan
genitive (tamlayan)	liranın	liraların

See also

• Türk lirası
• liret (Italian lira)
• İtalyan lireti