lire
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to read
- (reflexive) to be read
Etymology
Inherited from Latin legere.
Origin
Latin
legere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- legere Latin
- legō Latin
- legō, lego, legere Latin
- lyra Latin
- lyratus Latin
- lyricen Latin
- lyricus Latin
- lyriformis Latin
- Lyra German
- líra Hungarian
- leggere Italian
- lire French
- liseuse French
- lisible French
- relire French
- Lira Spanish, Castilian
- leer Spanish, Castilian
- lira Spanish, Castilian
- λύρα Ancient Greek
- lira Portuguese
- relire Old French
- llegir Catalan, Valencian
- liere Middle Dutch
- liéthe Norman
- liéthie Norman
- luure Norman
- relire Middle French
- leer Old Portuguese
- legir Occitan
- *legō Proto-Italic
- lira Slovene
- leger Romansh
- ler Romansh
- lleer Asturian
- lei Friulian
- lèggiri Sicilian
- lêze Ligurian
- legro Dalmatian
- legge Neapolitan
- lezi Istriot