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It's an English word, you can listen to it here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libera https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libera
by hnarn 5y ago
It's an English word, you can listen to it here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libera https://www.dictionary.com/browse/libera
- hibbelig 5y agoOT: That entry says it's the name of a deity. Are names "words"? And are Italian names English words? This is meant to be an honest question, I just don't know. Intuitively, I was surprised.
- hnarn 5y agoMy personal opinion is that if you can find it in an English dictionary, it's an English word. It's pretty common, in English as it is in all languages, that the pronunciation differs from that of the original language from which the name originated.
- dsr_ 5y agoEverything is a word. Most words are informal, and may not effectively communicate both direct meaning and cultural implications. Formal words can generally be found in a dictionary, and when used in those contexts, are more likely to effectively communicate direct meaning.
- wearywanderer 5y agoWiktionary, which I usually find to be more comprehensive and accurate than the commercial dictionaries, lists 'libera' as a word in Esperanto, Galician, Ido, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. But not English. Regardless, it doesn't seem like a challenging word to me, somebody who has only ever spoken English. I just pronounce it like it's written, "lib-eh-ra", it never occurred to me that this world might be challenging.
- macintux 5y agoLy-bār’-uh Leeb’-er-uh Lee-bār’-uh Lib’-er-uh I have no idea, and I don’t see how it can be construed as unambiguous.