See also: lirë and liře

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (thigh, groin), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (groin). Cognate with Dutch lies (groin), Swedish lår (thigh).

Noun edit

lire (plural lires)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (cheeks, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hlēor (cheek, countenance, complexion). More at leer.

Noun edit

lire (plural lires)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

Noun edit

lire (plural lires)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).

Etymology 4 edit

From Italian lire.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lire

  1. plural of lira

Anagrams edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old French lire, from Latin legere, from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

Verb edit

lire

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
  2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
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  • Haitian Creole: li

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.

Noun edit

lire f (plural lires)

  1. lira (unit of currency)

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Italian edit

Noun edit

lire f

  1. plural of lira

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German.

Noun edit

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.

Noun edit

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

  1. shearwater
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (pound, weight). Doublet of lira.

Noun edit

lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane)

  1. (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy)

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lire

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
  2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read

Conjugation edit

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (lire)