Translation
free, available
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Word origin
From Latin liber ('free, unrestrained'). The same root gave English liberty, liberal and liberate.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- liber
- English cognates
- liberty, liberal, liberate
Grammar
Examples
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Are you free tonight? We could go to the cinema.
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Access to the park is free and open to everyone.
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She finally feels free since she left that job.
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Are you free this evening to go to the cinema?
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There's still one free seat left on the train.
est un adjectif qui désigne trois principales notions : la liberté personnelle, la disponibilité (pas occupé), et l'absence de contrainte ou de coût. Être libre (to be free) est ambiguous selon le contexte. Temps libre (free time) et place libre (free seat) sont très fréquents.
Libre-échange (free trade) et logiciel libre (free/open-source software) sont des domaines spécialisés. Librement est l'adverbe dérivé. Libérer (to free, to release) et liberté (f) (freedom) forment la famille lexicale.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: libre, noël, chanter and 7 more words.