«free (not captive)» en set llengües
Significatfree (not captive)
Espanyol
/ˈlibɾe/
cultisme
Semi-learned; also 'vacant': ¿Está libre este asiento?
Francès
/libʁ/
cultisme
Italià
/ˈlibero/
cultisme
Portuguès
/ˈlivɾi/
cultisme
Romanès
/ˈliber/
cultisme
Català
/ˈʎiwɾə/
patrimonial
After the unstressed e fell, the b before r became a u glide: LIBERUM → lliure.
Anglès
/fɹi/
anglès patrimonial · Old English frēo
L’avantpassat llatí
LIBERUM‘free’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
'Free of charge' is a different word everywhere: gratis, gratuit, gratis/gratuito. Don't confuse LIBER 'free' with LIBER 'book' (originally 'inner bark'), source of libro, livre, libro.
Parents en anglès: liberty, liberal, deliver
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- es¿Está libre este asiento?
- frCette place est libre ?
- itÈ libero questo posto?
- ptEste lugar está livre?
- roE liber locul ăsta?
- caEstà lliure aquest seient?
- enIs this seat free?
La família llatina
LĪBER-· free
LĪBERUM 'free' was so tied to law and the Church that in Spanish, French and Italian the adjective survives only in learned or semi-learned shapes (libre, libre, libero); Portuguese livre and Catalan lliure show more wear, and Romanian liber was taken from Latin. The verb LĪBERĀRE did run the popular course, turning into Spanish librar, Portuguese livrar, Catalan lliurar and French livrer 'to deliver' — the learned liberar, libérer is its doublet. Not to be confused with LIBRUM 'book' (short i, originally 'inner bark').
LĪBERUMfree
eslibrefrlibreitliberoptlivrerolibercalliure
LĪBERTĀTEMfreedom
eslibertadfrlibertéitlibertàptliberdaderolibertatecallibertatenliberty
LĪBERĀREto free; (legal) to hand over
eslibrarfrlivrerptlivrarcalliurarendeliver
LĪBERĀREto set free (learned)
esliberarfrlibéreritliberareptliberarroeliberaenliberate
LĪBERĀLEMbefitting a free man; generous
esliberalfrlibéralitliberaleptliberalroliberalcaliberalenliberal