Explore Livre through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Livre meaning
- A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
- A lira
- An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
Using Livre
- The main meaning on this page is: A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous. | A lira | An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
- In the example corpus, livre often appears in combinations such as: livre de, le livre, the livre.
Context around Livre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Livre
- In this selection, "livre" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, premier, french, pounds, seealso, main and des stand out and add context to how "livre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include paris le livre de poche and century a livre has referred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "livre" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with livre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was equivalent to one livre tournois (Tours pound). (9 words)
Since the 19th century, a livre has referred to the metric pound, 500g. (13 words)
French livre seeAlso Since the Middle Ages, various pounds (livre) have been used in France. (15 words)
In 1551 Adrian le Roy also published his Premier Livre de Tablature de Guiterne, and in the same year he also published Briefve et facile instruction pour apprendre la tablature a bien accorder, conduire, et disposer la main sur la Guiterne. (41 words)
James McCalla, Twentieth-century Chamber Music: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres, Routledge, 2003, p.48 French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair composed "Pan et Syrinx", a cantata for voice & ensemble (No. 4 of Second livre de cantates). (38 words)
The directive was silent in respect of units that were specific to one or two countries including the pond, pfund, livre (Dutch, German and French synonyms for 500 g), thereby effectively prohibiting their use as well. (36 words)
Example sentences (17)
French livre seeAlso Since the Middle Ages, various pounds (livre) have been used in France.
Arnaud Nourry, chief executive of Hachette Livre, made the comment to the Indian news site Scroll.in in a wide-ranging interview about Hachette’s future in India, which also touched on digital publishing.
Dictionniare historique de Paris, Le Livre de Poche, 2013 Sorbon purchased several houses on Rue Coupe-Gueule (now Rue de la Sorbonne) and made them into lodging for students.
Dictionniare historique de Paris, Le Livre de Poche, 2013 The Sorbonne became the most distinguished theological institution in France, and its doctors were frequently called upon to render opinions on important ecclesiastical and theological issues.
During this period, the livre main and the sou main were counting units; only the denier main was a coin of the realm.
He published a series of articles in professional journals which outlined the sequence, and then he finally published his Livre des menus in 1912.
In 1551 Adrian le Roy also published his Premier Livre de Tablature de Guiterne, and in the same year he also published Briefve et facile instruction pour apprendre la tablature a bien accorder, conduire, et disposer la main sur la Guiterne.
In Europe older recipes frequently refer to pounds (e.g. Pfund in German, pond in Dutch, livre in French).
In France this instrument gained popularity among aristocrats and a considerable volume of music was published in Paris from the 1550s to the 1570s: Simon Gorlier's Le Troysième Livre..
In the Livre d'Artus, Merlin enters Rome in the form of a huge stag with a white fore-foot.
It was equivalent to one livre tournois (Tours pound).
James McCalla, Twentieth-century Chamber Music: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres, Routledge, 2003, p.48 French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair composed "Pan et Syrinx", a cantata for voice & ensemble (No. 4 of Second livre de cantates).
Many of his astrological references are taken almost word for word from Richard Roussat 's Livre de l'estat et mutations des temps main of 1549–50.
Since the 19th century, a livre has referred to the metric pound, 500g.
The directive was silent in respect of units that were specific to one or two countries including the pond, pfund, livre (Dutch, German and French synonyms for 500 g), thereby effectively prohibiting their use as well.
They asked for one livre for each of them which came to 1,000 livres, a huge sum, which was paid to them quickly.
This story, moreover, contradicts the report of Jean de Froissart, Chroniques, Premier Livre, § 500; Volume II, p. 78-79 ed. Luce.
Common combinations with livre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- livre de 5×
- le livre 2×
- the livre 2×
- premier livre 2×
- one livre 2×