🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

ouvrir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ouvri

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abrir/aˈbɾiɾ/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il faut ouvrir la porte pour entrer."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move something so that it is no longer closed.

    "Please open the window to let in some fresh air."
  2. 2

    To begin or initiate something.

    "She decided to open a new chapter in her life."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'abrir' originates from the Latin 'aperire', which means 'to open'. It has evolved through the Vulgar Latin period into modern Spanish, retaining its core meaning related to the act of opening.

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