lliura

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈʎiw.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈʎiw.ɾa] Rhymes: -iwɾa === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin lībra (“Roman pound”). Cognate with Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish libra. ==== Noun ==== lliura f (plural lliures) English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g (historical) libra, Spanish pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g (chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar units of mass in other measurement systems British pound, a unit of British currency, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of sterling silver (chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar currencies notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Spanish unit of mass): unça (1/16 lliura) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== lliura inflection of lliurar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “lliura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “lliura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “lliura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “lliura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)