lire

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== lire (plural lires) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== lire (plural lires) (UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue. === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira. ==== Noun ==== lire (plural lires) (UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird). === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Italian lire. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɪəɹə Homophone: lyre (some pronunciations) ==== Noun ==== lire plural of lira === Anagrams === Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, riel, rile, -lier == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liʁ/ Homophones: lires, lyre, lyrent, lyres Rhymes: -iʁ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French lire, from Latin legere, from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. ==== Verb ==== lire (ambitransitive) to read (reflexive, se lire) to be read ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Haitian Creole: li Mauritian Creole: lir === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre. ==== Noun ==== lire f (plural lires) lira (unit of currency) === Further reading === “lire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === lier == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈli.re/ Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: lì‧re === Noun === lire f plural of lira == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German. ==== Noun ==== lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic. ==== Noun ==== lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene) shearwater ===== Derived terms ===== havlire === Etymology 3 === Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira. ==== Noun ==== lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane) (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy) === References === “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliɾə/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin legere. ==== Verb ==== lire (ambitransitive) to read (reflexive) to be read ===== Conjugation ===== 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. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: lire French: lire === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin lyra. ==== Noun ==== lire oblique singular, f (oblique plural lires, nominative singular lire, nominative plural lires) (music) lyre ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: lyre, lire French: lyre → Middle English: lire English: lyre === Further reading === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “lire”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.