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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan liure, from Latin līber (“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”). Compare Occitan liure.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lliure m or f (masculine and feminine plural lliures)
- free, liberated (not restrained)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lliure”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “lliure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “lliure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lliure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.