Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A money of account formerly used in France and originally worth a pound of silver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old French coin and money of account, now superseded by the franc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A unit of
currency formerly used in France, divided into 20sols orsous .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
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Radisson's figures are given as "pounds"; but by "_L_" did he mean English "pound" or French livre, that is 17 cents?
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J'hésite à parler de livre électronique, car le mot "livre" désigne aussi bien le contenu éditorial (quand on dit qu'untel a écrit un livre) que l'objet en papier, génial, qui permet sa diffusion.
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Speakers of English read this as “pound,” but the same abbreviation of the Latin lībra, meaning “pound,” is read in French as livre and in German as Pfund.
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Speakers of English read this as “pound,” but the same abbreviation of the Latin lībra, meaning “pound,” is read in French as livre and in German as Pfund.
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When Micheline and Didi go to the market they buy a dozen eggs, butter, cheese, a bag of flour, a loaf of bread, half a dozen bananas and «une livre de cerises. »
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Derrubado por uma sequência de processos na justiça que dão dores de cabeça incuráveis a cidadãos no exercício do seu direito à livre expressão.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Lawsuits force popular political blog to close down
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O tempo livre antes dedicado ao jornalismo passou a ser dedicado a defender-se da litigância de má-fé.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Lawsuits force popular political blog to close down
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