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lire

/liʁ/

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verb/liʁ/

to read; to be read

Inherited from Old French lire, from Latin legere, from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

noun, feminine/liʁ/plural: lires

lira (unit of currency)

Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.