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livres

livres is the plural of livre.

Meaning of livre

Noun

livre (plural livres)

  1. (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
    • They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115
  2. (obsolete) A lira
  3. (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

Phrases with livres

Questions about livres

What is livres the plural of?
Livres is the plural of livre.

Words near livres in the dictionary

  1. livors
  2. livraison
  3. livraisons
  4. livre
  5. livre tournois
  6. livres
  7. livres tournois
  8. Livron-sur-Drôme
  9. Livry-Gargan
  10. Livs
  11. Livsey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: livres (page history and authors); livre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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