English

Adjective

libre ‎(not comparable)

1. (free software movement) With very few limitations on distribution or improvement; including source code.
2. (uncommon) free; independent.

Usage notes

The latter sense is mainly used to distinguish from the gratis meaning of the word free.

See also

• free as in speech
• gratis

Anagrams

• birle

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- ‎(“people”).

Adjective

libre

1. Without charge; free, gratis.
2. Not married; single.
3. At liberty.
4. Without burden.

Verb

libre

1. To treat, to provide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense.
2. To pay for another person's purchase.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from borrowing from Latin līber ‎(“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- ‎(“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /libʁ/
• Homophone: libres
• Hyphenation: libre

Adjective

libre m, f ‎(plural libres)

1. free, at liberty

   Un homme libre.

   A free man.

2. clear, free, vacant

   La voie est libre.

   The way is clear.

3. free, without obligation

   Temps libre.

   Free time.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• liber

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese libre, livre, from Latin līber.

Adjective

libre m, f (plural libres)

1. free, not captive, unbound

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish libre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

1. free; without charge; gratis

Interlingue

Noun

libre

1. book

Derived terms

• librario
• librarium
• librette, librettist
• librería

Italian

Noun

libre f

1. plural of libra

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from borrowing from Latin līber ‎(“free”).

Adjective

libre m, f

1. (Jersey) free

Novial

Noun

libre ‎(plural libres)

1. book

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal libre, from Latin liber, librum ‎(“book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliβɾe]

Noun

libre m (plural libres)

1. book

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin liber, librum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French livre.

Noun

libre m ‎(oblique plural libres, nominative singular libres, nominative plural libre)

1. book

Descendants

• Catalan: llibre
• Occitan: libre

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- ‎(“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliβɾe/

Adjective

libre m, f ‎(plural libres)

1. free, clear, at liberty

Derived terms

• liberar
• libertad
• libérrimo
• libremente

Descendants

• Hiligaynon: libre
• Tagalog: libre

Verb

libre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of librar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of librar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of librar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of librar.

Tagalog

Etymology

Spanish libre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibɾɛ/

Adjective

líbre

1. free; without charge; gratis

See also

• malaya