lire
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LIRECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LIRE lire, lyre, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#LIRECategory:English terms derived from Old English#LIRE līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LIRECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LIRE *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LIRE *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).
Noun
lire (plural lires)Category:English lemmas#LIRECategory:English nouns#LIRECategory:English countable nouns#LIRECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- (UKCategory:British English#LIRE dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#LIRE, Northern EnglandCategory:Northern England English#LIRE, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#LIRE) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
- (UKCategory:British English#LIRE dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#LIRE, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#LIRE) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LIRECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LIRE lire, lyre, from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#LIRE hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hlēor (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.
Noun
lire (plural lires)Category:English lemmas#LIRECategory:English nouns#LIRECategory:English countable nouns#LIRECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- (UKCategory:British English#LIRE dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#LIRE, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#LIRE) The cheek.
- (UKCategory:British English#LIRE dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#LIRE, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#LIRE) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
Etymology 3
From Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#LIRE líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.
Noun
lire (plural lires)Category:English lemmas#LIRECategory:English nouns#LIRECategory:English countable nouns#LIRECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
Etymology 4
From ItalianCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#LIRECategory:English terms derived from Italian#LIRE lire.
Pronunciation
Noun
lireCategory:English non-lemma forms#LIRECategory:English noun forms#LIRECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
Anagrams
Category:en:Face#LIRECategory:en:Tubenose birds#LIREFrench
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liʁ/Category:French 1-syllable words#LIRECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#LIRE
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Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#LIREAudio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: lires, lyre, lyrent, lyresCategory:French terms with homophones#LIRE
- Rhymes: -iʁCategory:Rhymes:French/iʁ#LIRECategory:Rhymes:French/iʁ/1 syllable#LIRE
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#LIRECategory:French terms derived from Old French#LIRE lire, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#LIRECategory:French terms derived from Latin#LIRE legere, from Proto-ItalicCategory:French terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LIRECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Italic#LIRE *legō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LIRE *leǵ-.
Verb
lireCategory:French lemmas#LIRECategory:French verbs#LIRECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- (ambitransitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#LIRECategory:French intransitive verbs#LIRE) to read
- (reflexiveCategory:French reflexive verbs#LIRE, se lire) to be read
Conjugation
| infinitive | simple | lire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lisant /li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lu /ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lis /li/ |
lis /li/ |
lit /li/ |
lisons /li.zɔ̃/ |
lisez /li.ze/ |
lisent /liz/ |
| imperfect | lisais /li.zɛ/ |
lisais /li.zɛ/ |
lisait /li.zɛ/ |
lisions /li.zjɔ̃/ |
lisiez /li.zje/ |
lisaient /li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lus /ly/ |
lus /ly/ |
lut /ly/ |
lûmes /lym/ |
lûtes /lyt/ |
lurent /lyʁ/ | |
| future | lirai /li.ʁe/ |
liras /li.ʁa/ |
lira /li.ʁa/ |
lirons /li.ʁɔ̃/ |
lirez /li.ʁe/ |
liront /li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lirais /li.ʁɛ/ |
lirais /li.ʁɛ/ |
lirait /li.ʁɛ/ |
lirions /li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
liriez /li.ʁje/ |
liraient /li.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lise /liz/ |
lises /liz/ |
lise /liz/ |
lisions /li.zjɔ̃/ |
lisiez /li.zje/ |
lisent /liz/ |
| imperfect2 | lusse /lys/ |
lusses /lys/ |
lût /ly/ |
lussions /ly.sjɔ̃/ |
lussiez /ly.sje/ |
lussent /lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lis /li/ |
— | lisons /li.zɔ̃/ |
lisez /li.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: li
Etymology 2
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:French terms borrowed from Italian#LIRECategory:French terms derived from Italian#LIRE lira, compare French livre.
Noun
lire f (plural lires)Category:French lemmas#LIRECategory:French nouns#LIRECategory:French countable nouns#LIRECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:French feminine nouns#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- lira (unit of currency)
Further reading
- “lire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Category:fr:Currencies#LIREItalian
Pronunciation
Noun
lire fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#LIRECategory:Italian noun forms#LIRECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German#LIRE.
Noun
lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
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Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#LIRE líri m, likely onomatopoetic.
Noun
lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
Derived terms
Etymology 3
ItalianCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian#LIRE plural of lira, from LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#LIRE libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira.
Noun
lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- (numismaticsCategory:nn:Currency#LIRE) lira (currency of Italy)
References
- “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#LIRECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#LIRE legere.
Verb
lireCategory:Old French lemmas#LIRECategory:Old French verbs#LIRECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
- (ambitransitiveCategory:Old French transitive verbs#LIRECategory:Old French intransitive verbs#LIRE) to read
- (reflexiveCategory:Old French reflexive verbs#LIRE) to be read
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lire | avoir leü, lit | |||||
| gerund | en lisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | lisant | ||||||
| past participle | leü, lit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | li | lis | list | lisons | lisiez | lisent |
| imperfect | lisoie, liseie | lisoies, liseies | lisoit, liseit | lisiiens, lisiens | lisiiez, lisiez | lisoient, liseient | |
| preterite | lui, lis | leüs, lesis | lut, list | leümes, lesimes | leüstes, lesistes | lurent, listrent | |
| future | lirai | liras | lira | lirons | liroiz, lireiz, lirez | liront | |
| conditional | liroie, lireie | liroies, lireies | liroit, lireit | liriiens, liriens | liriiez, liriez | liroient, lireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | lise | lises | lise | lisiens, lisons | lisiez | lisent |
| imperfect | leüsse, lesisse | leüsses, lesisses | leüst, lesist | leüssons, leüssiens, lesissons, lesissiens | leüssoiz, leüssez, leüssiez, lesissoiz, lesissez, lesissiez | leüssent, lesissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | lis | — | lisons | lisiez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Category:Old French terms derived from Ancient Greek#LIREBorrowed from LatinCategory:Old French terms borrowed from Latin#LIRECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#LIRE lyra.
Noun
lire oblique singular, f (oblique plural lires, nominative singular lire, nominative plural lires)Category:Old French lemmas#LIRECategory:Old French nouns#LIRECategory:Old French feminine nouns#LIRECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#LIRECategory:Old French feminine nouns#LIRECategory:Pages with entries#LIRECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIRE
Descendants
Further reading
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “lire”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.