libro
Bikol Central
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber (“book”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧bro
Chavacano
Esperanto

libroj
books
books
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibro/
- Hyphenation: li‧bro
- Rhymes: -ibro
- Audio:
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Noun
libro (accusative singular libron, plural libroj, accusative plural librojn)
- a book
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
- Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj".
- Once, when I was six years old, I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the primeval forest, titled "True Stories".
- Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj".
- 2000, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo, translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
Hypernyms
- informilo (“a source of information”)
Hyponyms
Meronyms
- antaŭparolo (“a foreword”)
- ĉapitro (“a chapter”)
- librokovro (“a bookcover”)
- paĝo (“a page”)
- postparolo (“an afterword”)
Holonyms
- biblioteko (“library”)
- libraro (“a collection of books”)
- librejo (“any place where books are kept”)
- libroŝranko (“bookcase”)
- librovendejo (“bookshop, bookstore”)
Galician
Etymology
From Latin liber, librum (“book”). Compare Portuguese livro.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto libro, French libre, Italian libro, Spanish libro, from Latin liber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.bro/
Derived terms
- libreto (“booklet, opuscule, libretto”)
- exercolibro (“exercise book”)
- evangeliolibro (“Book of the Gospel”)
- guidolibro (“guide book”)
- imajolibro (“picture book”)
- lernolibro (“textbook, instruction book”)
- vortolibro (“dictionary, lexicon”)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.broː/
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.broː/, [ˈlɪ.broː]
References
- libro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- libro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- libro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
- (ambiguous) the book treats of friendship: hic liber est de amicitia (not agit) or hoc libro agitur de am.
- (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro continetur aliquid
- (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro scriptor complexus est aliquid
- (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
Spanish

Libros
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/, [ˈliβɾo]
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), from Latin librum, singular accusative of liber (“book”). Cognate with Portuguese livro.
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Further reading
- “libro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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