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Is livre a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word livre is a Scrabble US word. The word livre is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is livre a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word livre is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Valid words made from Livre

You can make 32 words from 'livre' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'livre'

ERVIL 8LIVER 8
LIVRE 8RIVEL 8
VILER 8 

4 letters words from 'livre'

EVIL 7LEIR 4
LIER 4LIRE 4
LIVE 7RIEL 4
RILE 4RIVE 7
VEIL 7VIER 7
VILE 7VIRE 7
VIRL 7VLEI 7
VRIL 7 

3 letters words from 'livre'

IRE 3LEI 3
LEV 6LIE 3
REI 3REV 6
VIE 6 

2 letters words from 'livre'

EL 2ER 2
LI 2RE 2

All 5 letters words made out of livre

livre ilvre lvire vlire ivlre vilre lirve ilrve lrive rlive irlve rilve lvrie vlrie lrvie rlvie vrlie rvlie ivrle virle irvle rivle vrile rvile liver ilver lvier vlier ivler viler lievr ilevr leivr elivr ielvr eilvr lveir vleir levir elvir velir evlir ivelr vielr ievlr eivlr veilr evilr lirev ilrev lriev rliev irlev rilev lierv ilerv leirv elirv ielrv eilrv lreiv rleiv leriv elriv reliv erliv irelv rielv ierlv eirlv reilv erilv lvrei vlrei lrvei rlvei vrlei rvlei lveri vleri levri elvri velri evlri lrevi rlevi lervi elrvi relvi erlvi vreli rveli verli evrli revli ervli ivrel virel irvel rivel vriel rviel iverl vierl ievrl eivrl veirl evirl irevl rievl iervl eirvl reivl erivl vreil rveil veril evril revil ervil

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word livre. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in livre.

Definitions and meaning of livre

livre

Etymology

Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of libra and lira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːvɹə/, /ˈliːvə(ɹ)/

Noun

livre (plural livres)

  1. (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
  2. (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

Anagrams

  • Elvir, Liver, ervil, levir, liver, rivel, viler

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Noun

livre m (plural livres)

  1. book

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /livʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French livre, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin liber, librum.

Noun

livre m (plural livres)

  1. book
Synonyms
  • bouquin
Derived terms
  • livre de poche
Related terms
  • librairie f

Etymology 2

From Old French livre, from Latin libra.

Noun

livre f (plural livres)

  1. pound (unit of weight)
  2. pound (unit of currency)
  3. (Louisiana) grade (level)
See also
  • franc
  • sou
  • chelin

Etymology 3

Verb

livre

  1. inflection of livrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “livre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French livre, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin liber, librum.

Noun

livre m (plural livres)

  1. (Jersey) book
Derived terms
Related terms
  • librairie (“bookshop”)

Etymology 2

From Latin libra.

Noun

livre f (plural livres)

  1. pound (unit of measure of mass)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

livre n (definite singular livreet, indefinite plural livre or livreer, definite plural livrea or livreene)

  1. Alternative form of livré

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

livre n (definite singular livreet, indefinite plural livre, definite plural livrea)

  1. Alternative form of livré

Anagrams

  • levri

Old French

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin liber, librum.

Noun

livre m (oblique plural livres, nominative singular livres, nominative plural livre)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper in a specific order)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Latin libra.

Noun

livre f (oblique plural livres, nominative singular livre, nominative plural livres)

  1. livre (medieval French equivalent of a monetary pound)
  2. pound (weight)
Usage notes
  • The Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle says that the actual measure varied between 380g and 552g, as opposed to the modern pound which is 454g to the near gram. See references below.
Descendants

References

  • livre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (livre, supplement)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese livre, libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈli.vɾɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.vɾi/
  • Hyphenation: li‧vre

Adjective

livre m or f (plural livres, comparable)

  1. free
  2. unoccupied
  3. clear, open

Related terms

  • livrar
  • liberar
  • liberdade
  • libertar

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: livri, libri

Verb

livre

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of livrar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of livrar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of livrar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of livrar

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a former monetary unit of France.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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