# lire
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).

#### Noun

lire (plural lires)
* (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
* (UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hlēor (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.

#### Noun

lire (plural lires)
* (UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
* (UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

#### Noun

lire (plural lires)
* (UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).

### Etymology 4

From Italian lire.

#### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪəɹə
* Homophone: lyre (some pronunciations)

#### Noun

lire
* plural of lira

### Anagrams

* Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, riel, rile

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophones: lires, lyre, lyrent, lyres
* Rhymes: -iʁ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French lire, from Latin legere, from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

#### Verb

lire
* (transitive, intransitive) to read
* (reflexive, se lire) to be read

##### Derived terms

* lire dans les pensées
* lire en diagonale
* lire en quelqu’un comme dans un livre ouvert
* lire entre les lignes
* lire sur les lèvres
* relire

##### Related terms

* élire
* élu
* illisibilité
* illisible
* illisiblement
* lecteur, lectrice
* légende
* lisibilité
* lisible
* lisiblement
* relecture

##### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: li

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.

#### Noun

lire f (plural lires)
* lira (unit of currency)

### Further reading

* “lire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* lier

## Italian
### Noun

lire f
* plural of lira

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German.

#### Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.

#### Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)
* shearwater

##### Derived terms

* havlire

### Etymology 3

Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira.

#### Noun

lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane)
* (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy)

### References

* “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin legere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliɾə/

### Verb

lire
* (transitive, intransitive) to read
* (reflexive, se lire) to be read

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Related terms

* eslire
* relire

#### Descendants

* French: lire

### Further reading

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (lire)