"lire" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /liʁ/ Audio: Fr-lire.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: lires [plural]
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|it|lira|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian lira, {{bor+|fr|it|lira|}} Borrowed from Italian lira, {{cog|fr|livre}} French livre Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lire f (plural lires)
  1. lira (unit of currency) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Currencies
    Sense id: en-lire-fr-noun-vWmQf3Hz Disambiguation of Currencies: 99 0 1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 32 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /liʁ/ Audio: Fr-lire.ogg [France, Paris]
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French lire, from Latin legere, from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|lire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French lire, {{inh+|fr|fro|lire}} Inherited from Old French lire, {{inh|fr|la|legō|legere}} Latin legere, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*legō}} Proto-Italic *legō, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*leǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Head templates: {{fr-verb}} lire Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lire [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], lisant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], lu [participle, past], lis [first-person, indicative, present, singular], lis [indicative, present, second-person, singular], lit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], lisons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], lisez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], lisent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], lisais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], lisais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lisait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], lisions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], lisiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], lisaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lus [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], lus [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], lut [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], lûmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], lûtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], lurent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], lirai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], liras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], lira [future, indicative, singular, third-person], lirons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], lirez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], liront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], lirais [conditional, first-person, singular], lirais [conditional, second-person, singular], lirait [conditional, singular, third-person], lirions [conditional, first-person, plural], liriez [conditional, plural, second-person], liraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], lise [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], lises [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], lise [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], lisions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], lisiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], lisent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], lusse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], lusses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], lût [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], lussions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], lussiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], lussent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], lis [imperative, second-person, singular], lisons [first-person, imperative, plural], lisez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to read Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-lire-fr-verb-OQnC8LFq
  2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-lire-fr-verb-YZXI~Ngl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lire dans les pensées, lire en diagonale, lire en quelqu’un comme dans un livre ouvert, lire entre les lignes, lire sur les lèvres, relire
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: élire, élu, illisible, illisiblement, illisibilité, lecteur, lectrice, légende, lisible, lisiblement, lisibilité, relecture

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lire en quelqu’un comme dans un livre ouvert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lire entre les lignes"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "form": "lirez",
      "ipa": "/li.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "ipa": "/li.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/li.ʁjɔ̃/",
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      "ipa": "/li.ʁɛ/",
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    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lise",
      "ipa": "/liz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lises",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "lise",
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    },
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lisiez",
      "ipa": "/li.zje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lisent",
      "ipa": "/liz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lusse",
      "ipa": "/lys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lusses",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lût",
      "ipa": "/ly/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lussions",
      "ipa": "/ly.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lussiez",
      "ipa": "/ly.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "lis",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lisons",
      "ipa": "/li.zɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lisez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "élire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "élu"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "illisible"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "illisiblement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "illisibilité"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lecteur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lectrice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "légende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lisible"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lisiblement"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "read"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, intransitive) to read"
      ],
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      "homophone": "lyrent"
    },
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Fr-lire.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (France, Paris)"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "lira (unit of currency)"
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      "homophone": "lires"
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      "homophone": "lyrent"
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    {
      "homophone": "lyres"
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      "audio": "Fr-lire.ogg",
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: reflexive, se lire",
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    "lire"
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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: reflexive, se lire",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
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