libro
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lib‧ro
- IPA(key): /libˈɾo/
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lib‧ro
- IPA(key): /libˈɾo/, [l̪ɪbˈɾ̪u]
Chavacano
Esperanto

books
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlibro]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ibro
- Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libro (accusative singular libron, plural libroj, accusative plural librojn)
- 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".
- Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj".
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
Hypernyms
- informilo (“a source of information”)
Hyponyms
Meronyms
- antaŭparolo (“foreword”)
- ĉapitro (“chapter”)
- librokovro (“bookcover”)
- paĝo (“page”)
- postparolo (“afterword”)
Holonyms
- biblioteko (“library”)
- libraro (“collection of books”)
- librejo (“any place where books are kept”)
- libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
Derived terms
- adreslibro (“address book”)
- ĉeflibro (“main book”)
- frazlibro (“phrasebook”)
- gvidlibro (“guidebook”)
- jarlibro (“yearbook”)
- kuirlibro (“cookbook”)
- lernolibro (“textbook”)
- libraro (“collection of books”)
- libreto (“booklet”)
- libristo (“bookseller”)
- librobreto (“bookshelf”)
- librokovro (“bookcover”)
- libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
- manlibro (“handbook”)
- ringolibro (“book whose pages are held by metal rings, used to hold notes or documents”)
- taglibro (“diary”)
- tekstolibro (“textbook”)
- Vizaĝlibro (“Facebook”)
Galician

Alternative forms
- livro (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old 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)
- 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
- 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
- 1396, A. Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 138:
- bible, omasum
- Synonyms: entrefollo, santafollo
References
- “livro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “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.
- “libro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “libro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “libro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto libro, French livre, Italian libro, Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/
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”)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ibro
- Hyphenation: lì‧bro
Noun
libro m (plural libri, diminutive librétto or librìno or libriccìno (more common) or librettìno, augmentative libróne, pejorative libràccio, derogatory libriciàttolo or (literary) libràttolo, diminutive-derogatory librùccio or librettùccio or libricciòlo)
Derived terms
Further reading
- libro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.broː/, [ˈlʲiːbroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈliːbro]
Verb
lībrō (present infinitive lībrāre, perfect active lībrāvī, supine lībrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlʲɪbroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/, [ˈliːbro]
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, 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)
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- liuro (alternative spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliβɾo/
Noun
libro m (plural libros)
- book
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v.
- dixo el nŕo ſenor a moẏſen qui peccare en mi deſfer loe de mio libro. Agora ue e di ami pueblo cuemo fable […]
- Our Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe out of my book. Now go and say to my people how I have spoken. […] ”
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v.
Spanish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/ [ˈli.β̞ɾo]
- Rhymes: -ibɾo
- Syllabification: li‧bro
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), an early borrowing from Latin librum (“book”). Cognate with French livre, Portuguese livro.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- audiolibro
- de libro
- libraco
- librería
- libreta
- librito
- libro abierto
- libro cerrado (“closed book”) (idiomatic)
- librote
- pulmón en libro
- tragalibros
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “libro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
Further reading
- “libro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- libdo – obsolete
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lib‧ro
- IPA(key): /libˈɾo/, [lɪbˈɾo]
Noun
libró (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ)
- book
- Synonym: aklat
- (accounting) journal; daybook
- (colloquial) logbook; record book
- Synonym: aklat-talaan
- (anatomy) omasum
Derived terms
- libruhin
Related terms
Further reading
- “libro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Noun
libro
- book
- 1984, Raúl Brockway B.; Herminio Cosme; Juan Hernández, Frases en mejicano y español: En el idioma náhuatl de San Miguel de Tenango, Puebla y en español, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano:
- Ixtlapocan namolibro itich in amatl majtlactli.
- Open your books to page ten.
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