"liberal" in sette lingue
Significatoliberal
Spagnolo
/libeˈɾal/
dotta
Francese
/libeʁal/
dotta
plurale: libéraux
Italiano
/libeˈrale/
dotta
Portoghese
/libeˈɾaw/
dotta
Rumeno
/libeˈral/
dotta
Catalano
/libəˈɾal/
dotta
Inglese
/ˈlɪbɚəl/
dal latino/francese · Old French liberal, from Latin LĪBERĀLIS
L’antenato latino
LĪBERĀLEM‘befitting a free man; generous’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
LĪBERĀLIS described what suited a free man (LĪBER), hence 'generous' — still alive in English 'a liberal helping'. The political sense came later and is learned in all four languages.
Parenti inglesi: liberty, liberate, liberal arts
Imparala
In una frase
- esTiene ideas muy liberales.
- frElle a des idées très libérales.
- itHa idee molto liberali.
- ptEla tem ideias muito liberais.
- roAre idei foarte liberale.
- caTé idees molt liberals.
- enShe has very liberal ideas.
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
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