livrer
French
verb
Definitions
- to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
- to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
- to betray
- to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
- (reflexive) abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
- (reflexive) (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French livrer inherited from Latin līberāre.
Origin
Latin
līberāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dēlīberāre Latin
- liberare Latin
- līberāre Latin
- līberātiō Latin
- Lieferant German
- Lieferengpass German
- Lieferung German
- abliefern German
- ausliefern German
- lieferbar German
- liefern German
- zuliefern German
- überliefern German
- liberare Italian
- délivrable French
- délivrance French
- délivrer French
- libérer French
- livraison French
- livreur French
- liberar Spanish, Castilian
- librar Spanish, Castilian
- liberar Portuguese
- levere Danish
- livrer Old French
- livrée Old French
- lliurar Catalan, Valencian
- liberar Galician
- leveren Middle Dutch
- lievern Middle High German
- Liwwerung Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- iwwerliwweren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- liwweren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- livrar Old Portuguese
- levereren Middle Low German
- lēveren Middle Low German
- lliberar Asturian
- łibarar Venetian
- delivre Haitian, Haitian Creole