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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

libré

Pronunciation / Transliteration: libre

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Livery/ˈlɪv.ər.i/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #9500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Os carros da equipe ostentavam uma nova libré."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Special uniform worn by servants or members of a specific company, guild, or organization.

    "The hotel doorman stood at attention in his smart green livery."
  2. 2

    A distinctive design and color scheme used by an airline, transport company, or racing team on their vehicles or aircraft.

    "The new passenger jet was unveiled in the airline's striking blue and gold livery."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'livrée', meaning 'something handed over', stemming from the Latin 'liberare' (to set free or deliver). Historically, it referred to the allowance of provisions or clothing handed out by a feudal lord to his retainers, later evolving specifically to denote distinctive uniforms worn by servants and corporate colors on vehicles.

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