liberal
German (Berlin)
/ˌlibəˈʁaːl/
adj
Definitions
- liberal; permissive; allowing personal freedoms
- (politics) libertarian; liberal in the traditional sense see usage notes below
Etymology
Derived from Latin līberālis (befitting a freeman).
Origin
Latin
līberālis
Gloss
befitting a freeman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- liberaali Finnish
- illiberalis Latin
- liberalis Latin
- liberalis, līberālis Latin
- liberalitas Latin
- līberālis Latin
- neoliberal German
- liberális Hungarian
- liberale Italian
- liberaal Dutch, Flemish
- libéral French
- libéralisme French
- либерал Russian
- liberal Spanish, Castilian
- liberal Norwegian Bokmål
- liberal Portuguese
- liberal Swedish
- liberal Norwegian Nynorsk
- liberal Old French
- liberala Esperanto
- liberalan Serbo-Croatian
- либералан Serbo-Croatian
- liberal Catalan, Valencian
- либерал Macedonian