lire

Meaning of lire

plural noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of Italy, notionally equal to 100 centesimos.
the basic monetary unit of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus.

Italian, from Provençal liura, from Latin libra ‘pound’.

Information about lire

It is a name.
Languages in which lire is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of lire

lire

It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
lire is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of lire

leir, lier, Reil, Riel, riel, rile

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