See also: lirë and liře

English

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Etymology 1

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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

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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

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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.

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lire (plural lires)

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

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

Noun

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lire (plural lires)

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

Etymology 4

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From Italian lire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lire

  1. plural of lira

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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lire

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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.

Noun

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lire f (plural lires)

  1. lira (unit of currency)

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Italian

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Noun

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lire f

  1. plural of lira

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German.

Noun

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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.

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

  1. shearwater
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Etymology 3

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

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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

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Etymology

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From Latin legere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lire

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

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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

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Further reading

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