libro

See also: libró and librò

Bikol Central

Noun

libro

1. book

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin liber (“book”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

libro

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

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin liber (“book”).

Noun

libro

1. book (written work)

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro

Noun

libro

1. book

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Esperanto

libroj
books

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlibro]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibro
• Hyphenation: li‧bro

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".

Hypernyms

• informilo (“a source of information”)

Hyponyms

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

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”)
• libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
• librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)

Derived terms

• ĉeflibro (“main book”)
• kuirlibro (“cookbook”)
• libreto (“a booklet”)
• libristo (“a bookseller”)
• manlibro (“handbook”)
• taglibro (“a diary”)

 

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Galician

Libros

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese livro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin liber, librum (“book”). Compare Portuguese livro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliβɾo̝/

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

1. book
   • 1396, A. Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 138:

     hũu liuro apocalisy scripto en purgameo e cuberto de cuberturas de táuõas cubertas de coyro uermello con pregos grandes, o qual liuro era scripto em bõa létera formada e con pinturas

     a book of Revelation written on parchment and covered with covers made of boards covered with red leather, with large sheets, and the mentioned book is written with good well formed letter and with paintings

2. bible, omasum

   Synonyms: entrefollo, santafollo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “livro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “liuro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:TILG
• “libro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ibatan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro (“book”).

Noun

libro

1. book

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto libro, French livre, Italian libro, Spanish libro, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.bro/

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”)

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Interlingua

Noun

libro (plural libros)

1. book

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin liber (“book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.bro/

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

libro m (plural libri)

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

Related terms

• libraio
• librario
• libreria
• libresco
• libretto

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Latin

Etymology 1

From lībra (“a balance”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of lībrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lībrō	lībrās	lībrat	lībrāmus	lībrātis	lībrant
	imperfect	lībrābam	lībrābās	lībrābat	lībrābāmus	lībrābātis	lībrābant
	future	lībrābō	lībrābis	lībrābit	lībrābimus	lībrābitis	lībrābunt
	perfect	lībrāvī	lībrāvistī	lībrāvit	lībrāvimus	lībrāvistis	lībrāvērunt, lībrāvēre
	pluperfect	lībrāveram	lībrāverās	lībrāverat	lībrāverāmus	lībrāverātis	lībrāverant
	future perfect	lībrāverō	lībrāveris	lībrāverit	lībrāverimus	lībrāveritis	lībrāverint
passive	present	lībror	lībrāris, lībrāre	lībrātur	lībrāmur	lībrāminī	lībrantur
	imperfect	lībrābar	lībrābāris, lībrābāre	lībrābātur	lībrābāmur	lībrābāminī	lībrābantur
	future	lībrābor	lībrāberis, lībrābere	lībrābitur	lībrābimur	lībrābiminī	lībrābuntur
	perfect	lībrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lībrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lībrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lībrem	lībrēs	lībret	lībrēmus	lībrētis	lībrent
	imperfect	lībrārem	lībrārēs	lībrāret	lībrārēmus	lībrārētis	lībrārent
	perfect	lībrāverim	lībrāverīs	lībrāverit	lībrāverīmus	lībrāverītis	lībrāverint
	pluperfect	lībrāvissem	lībrāvissēs	lībrāvisset	lībrāvissēmus	lībrāvissētis	lībrāvissent
passive	present	lībrer	lībrēris, lībrēre	lībrētur	lībrēmur	lībrēminī	lībrentur
	imperfect	lībrārer	lībrārēris, lībrārēre	lībrārētur	lībrārēmur	lībrārēminī	lībrārentur
	perfect	lībrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lībrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lībrā	—	—	lībrāte	—
	future	—	lībrātō	lībrātō	—	lībrātōte	lībrantō
passive	present	—	lībrāre	—	—	lībrāminī	—
	future	—	lībrātor	lībrātor	—	—	lībrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lībrāre	lībrāvisse	lībrātūrum esse	lībrārī	lībrātum esse	lībrātum īrī
participles		lībrāns	—	lībrātūrus	—	lībrātus	lībrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lībrandī	lībrandō	lībrandum	lībrandō	lībrātum	lībrātū

Derived terms

• lībramen
• lībramentum
• lībrātiō
• lībrātor
• lībrātus
• lībrātē
• lībrātūra

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlʲɪbroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈliːbro]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) librō

1. dative/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
• libro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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)
    

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Mirandese

Alternative forms

• lhibro

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

1. book

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Spanish

Libros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibɾo/ [ˈli.β̞ɾo]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), from Latin liber (“book”). Cognate with Portuguese livro.

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

1. book

Hyponyms

• libro mayor

Derived terms

• libraco
• librería
• libreta
• librito
• libro abierto
• libro cerrado (“closed book”) (idiomatic)
• libro de bolsillo
• libro de contabilidad
• libro de familia
• libro de las sombras
• Libro de Mormón
• libro de texto
• libro de visitas
• librote
• pulmón en libro
• tragalibros

 

Related terms

• librero
• libreto

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: libro
• → Cebuano: libro
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: libro
• → Ibatan: libro
• → Quechua: liwru
• → Tagalog: libro

See also

• tomo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

libro

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

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish libro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈbro/

Noun

libro

1. book

   Synonym: aklat