Question 1 · Quick check
library
CEFRA1
/ˈlaɪ.bɹi/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A place where books and other materials are collected and borrowed.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA collection of books or other forms of stored information.
Examples
The books in the library are classified according to subject.
Tomorrow, I'm going to study at the library.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
A collection of information or reference materials not in book form.
More examples
In contextYou may make use of his library.
She has the most impressive record library I've ever seen.
She went to exchange her books at her local library.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium (“bookcase, chest for books”), from librarius (“concerning books”), from liber (“the inner bark of trees; paper, parchment, book”), probably derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *leub(ʰ)- (“to strip, to peel”). Displaced native Middle English bochous, bokhus (literally “book house”), from Old English bōchūs (compare bookhouse). Romance cognates often mean “bookshop” instead: French librairie, Italian libreria, Spanish librería, Romanian librărie and Portuguese livraria. This is a relatively recent innovation (16th century in French), which ended up displacing the earlier sense.