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6-letter words (3 found)

BOILER,LIBERO,REBOIL,

5-letter words (10 found)

BIRLE,BLORE,BOREL,BROIL,LIBER,OBELI,OILER,ORIEL,REOIL,ROBLE,

4-letter words (24 found)

BIER,BILE,BIRL,BIRO,BOIL,BOLE,BORE,BREI,BRIE,BRIO,EORL,LEIR,LIER,LIRE,LOBE,LOBI,LOIR,LORE,ORLE,RIEL,RILE,ROBE,ROIL,ROLE,

3-letter words (23 found)

BEL,BIO,BOI,BOR,BRO,IRE,LEI,LIB,LIE,LOB,LOR,OBE,OBI,OIL,OLE,ORB,ORE,REB,REI,REO,RIB,ROB,ROE,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BI,BO,EL,ER,IO,LI,LO,OB,OE,OI,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from libero according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of libero

libero

Etymology

From Italian libero (literally “free one”). So called because he has no direct opponent to mark and is therefore free to join in the offensive. The volleyball use is younger.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪbəɹəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪbəɹoʊ/, (nonstandard) /lɪˈbɛɹoʊ/

Noun

libero (plural liberos)

  1. (soccer) A central defender to whom no forward is assigned for marking, forming the last line of defence and often initiating the offensive play.
    Synonym: sweeper
  2. (volleyball) A designated back-row player intended to be used as a ball-control specialist.

Usage notes

  • (volleyball): in volleyball rules and other official documents, Libero is always capitalised. In common usage it follows normal capitalisation rules and conventions.

Translations

Anagrams

  • boiler, reboil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧be‧ro

Noun

libero

  1. (volleyball) a libero
  2. (soccer) a sweeper

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪbɛro]

Noun

libero n

  1. (soccer) libero, sweeper
  2. (volleyball) libero (designated back-row player specialized in defensive skills)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian libero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.beː.roː/, /ˈli.bə.roː/
  • Hyphenation: li‧be‧ro

Noun

libero m (plural libero's)

  1. (volleyball) A libero.
  2. (soccer) A libero, a sweeper. [from 1960s]
    Synonym: ausputzer

Anagrams

  • boiler

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian libero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibero/, [ˈlibe̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -ibero
  • Syllabification(key): li‧be‧ro

Noun

libero

  1. (soccer) sweeper, libero

Declension

Further reading

  • “libero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

Noun

libero m (plural liberos)

  1. Alternative spelling of libéro

Galician

Verb

libero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.be.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ibero
  • Hyphenation: lì‧be‧ro

Adjective

libero (feminine libera, masculine plural liberi, feminine plural libere, superlative liberissimo)

  1. free (not imprisoned or enslaved)
    Un uomo libero. ― A free man.
  2. clear, unobstructed (without blockages)
    Il passaggio era libero. ― The passage was clear.
  3. free (without obligations)
    tempo libero ― Free time; leisure time
    Sono libero stasera. ― I am free this evening.
  4. free (that does not have to be paid for)
    Ingresso libero. ― Free admission.
  5. free (as in "free software")
    Software libero. ― Free software.

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Descendants

  • → Ladino: libero

Verb

libero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of liberare

Noun

libero m (plural liberi)

  1. (soccer) libero, sweeper

Further reading

  • libero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ladino

Etymology

From Italian libero.

Adjective

libero (Latin spelling)

  1. free

Latin

Etymology

From līber (“free”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.be.roː/, [ˈlʲiːbɛroː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.be.ro/, [ˈliːbero]

Adjective

līberō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of līber

Verb

līberō (present infinitive līberāre, perfect active līberāvī, supine līberātum); first conjugation

  1. to free, set free, liberate
    Synonyms: eximō, absolvō, vindicō, exuō, exonerō, excipiō, prīvō
    Antonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō
  2. to release, deliver
    Synonyms: persolvō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, eximō, servō, extrahō, prīvō
  3. to absolve, acquit
    Synonyms: exonerō, absolvō, probō
    Antonyms: coarguō, comperiō

Conjugation

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
3At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Noun

līberō

  1. dative/ablative singular of līber

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Noun

libero

  1. genitive singular of liberas (“Liberian”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾu

Verb

libero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian libero.

Noun

libero m (plural libero)

  1. (soccer) sweeper

Declension

References

  • libero in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈbeɾo/ [liˈβ̞e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: li‧be‧ro

Verb

libero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar

Source: wiktionary.org