Spanish

Proper noun

Lira f

1. Lyra (constellation)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪəɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Noun

lira ‎(plural lire or liras)

1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
3. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

Noun

lira ‎(plural lirot or liroth or liras)

1. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Translations

See also

• £

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian ліра ‎(lira).

Noun

lira

1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

Etymology 3

From Latin līra ‎(“furrow”).

Noun

lira ‎(plural lirae)

1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

Anagrams

• aril, lair, lari, liar, rail, rial

Catalan

Noun

lira f ‎(plural lires)

1. lira
2. lyre

Czech

Etymology

From Latin lībra.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪra/
• Rhymes: -ɪra
• Hyphenation: li‧ra
• Homophone: lyra

Noun

lira f

1. lira (former currency of Italy) [19th c.]
2. lira (currency of Turkey)
3. lira (former currency of Israel)

Declension

Related terms

• libra

References

1. ↑ "lira" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 381.

French

Verb

lira

1. third-person singular future of lire

Anagrams

• rail

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ra/, [ˈl̺iːr̺ä]
• Hyphenation: lì‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin lībra.

Noun

lira f ‎(plural lire)

1. lira

Etymology 2

From Latin lyra.

Noun

lira f ‎(plural lire)

1. lyre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *loizā, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ ‎(“following, track; furrow”),^[1] from *leys- ‎(“track, furrow, trace, trail”).

Cognate with Oscan feminine ablative plural 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 ‎(luisarifs, the name of a month, perhaps "in which the furrows are drawn"), Old High German leisa ‎(“track”) (German Gleis), Old Church Slavonic лѣха ‎(lěxa, “field bed, furrow”), Old Prussian lyso ‎(“field bed”), Proto-Germanic *lizaną ‎(“to know, understand”), *laizijaną ‎(“teach”), *liznaną ‎(“learn”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ra/

Noun

līra f ‎(genitive līrae); first declension^[3]

1. the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge
2. (agriculture) furrow

References

First declension.

Derived terms

References

• lira in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LIRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lira”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 345
2. ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, ISBN 3-89500-219-4, page 409 of 409, 410
3. ↑ lira in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lihwizô, *ligwizô ‎(“thigh; groin”). More at lire.

Noun

līra m ‎(nominative plural līran)

1. Fleshy part of the body without fat or bone; brawn; muscle

Declension

Derived terms

• līreht

Descendants

• Middle English: lire, lyre
  • English: lire

Polish

lira (#1)

Noun

lira f

1. lyre
2. black grouse's tail

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

lira f (plural liras)

1. lyre (a stringed musical instrument)

Etymology 2

Noun

lira f (plural liras)

1. lira (unit of currency)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα ‎(lúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîːra/
• Hyphenation: li‧ra

Noun

lȋra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ли̑ра)

1. lyre

Declension

References

• “lira” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlíːra/
• Tonal orthography: lȋra

Noun

líra f ‎(genitive líre, nominative plural líre)

1. lyre (musical instrument)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɾa/

Etymology 1

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα ‎(lúra).

Noun

lira f ‎(plural liras)

1. lyre

Etymology 2

From Italian lira, from Latin libra.

Noun

lira f ‎(plural liras)

1. lira (former currency of Italy)

Swedish

Verb

lira ‎(present lirar, preterite lirade, supine lirat, imperative lira)

1. (colloquial) to play (a sport, an instrument or a game)

Turkish

Etymology

From Italian lira.

Noun

lira ‎(definite accusative lirayı, plural liralar)

1. Turkish lira.

Declension

See also

• Türk lirası
• liret (Italian lira)
• İtalyan lireti