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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslibbra
Pronunciation / Transliteration: leebra
"Il pacco pesava cinque libbre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces or approximately 0.453592 kilograms.
"The package weighed five pounds."
- 1
To strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.
"He began to pound the nails into the wood."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'pund', which itself comes from the Germanic borrowing of the Latin phrase 'lībra pondō' meaning 'a pound by weight'. Over centuries, it evolved to designate both a unit of mass and the principal currency unit of the United Kingdom.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pound" is said worldwide
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livre
Transliteration: leevr
"Le colis pesait cinq livres."
Pfund
Transliteration: pfunt
"Das Paket wog fünf Pfund."
libbra
Transliteration: leebra
"Il pacco pesava cinque libbre."
libra
Transliteration: lee-bra
"El paquete pesaba cinco libras."
libra
Transliteration: lee-bra
"O pacote pesava cinco libras."
पाउंड
Transliteration: paund
"पैकेज का वजन पांच पाउंड था।"
磅
Transliteration: bàng
"包裹重五磅。"
파운드
Transliteration: pa-un-deu
"패키지는 5파운드의 무게였습니다."
ポンド
Transliteration: pondo
"パッケージは5ポンドの重さでした。"
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