livreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, litre, and rottol.

発音

• IPA: /ˈliːvɹə/, /ˈliːvə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -iːvɹə, -iːvə(ɹ)

名詞

livre (plural livres)

1. (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115:

     They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30:

     He never, it should be noted, totally renounced his inheritance: a critic of the court round, he benefited to the tune of a cool two million livres a year from royal largesse […] .

2. (obsolete) A lira
3. (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

派生語

• livre tournois

アナグラム

• Elvir, Liver, ervil, levir, liver, rivel, viler