"free (not captive)" in sette lingue
Significatofree (not captive)
Spagnolo
/ˈlibɾe/
dotta
Semi-learned; also 'vacant': ¿Está libre este asiento?
Francese
/libʁ/
dotta
Italiano
/ˈlibero/
dotta
Portoghese
/ˈlivɾi/
dotta
Rumeno
/ˈliber/
dotta
Catalano
/ˈʎiwɾə/
ereditaria
After the unstressed e fell, the b before r became a u glide: LIBERUM → lliure.
Inglese
/fɹi/
inglese nativa · Old English frēo
L’antenato latino
LIBERUM‘free’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
'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.
Parenti inglesi: liberty, liberal, deliver
Imparala
In 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 famiglia latina
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