Dictionary

livre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈliːvə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈliːvɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, litre, and rottol.

Meanings

1. (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
   • They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family? 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115:
   • He never, it should be noted, totally renounced his inheritance: a critic of the court round, he benefited to the tune of a cool two million livres a year from royal largesse […]. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30:
2. (obsolete) A lira
3. (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

Forms

Deriveds

livre tournois