libraro

Esperanto

Etymology

From libro (“book”) +‎ -aro (“collection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liˈbraro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: li‧bra‧ro

Noun

libraro (accusative singular libraron, plural libraroj, accusative plural librarojn)

1. collection of books
   • 2000, Marjorie Boulton, Ne nur leteroj de plumamikoj:

     Kompreneble ekzistas granda nefikcia libraro esperanta.

     Of course there is a large non-fiction Esperanto corpus.

2. (one's personal) library
   • 2010 October 6 (last accessed), Donald J. Harlow, transl., Tarzan de la simioj‎^[1], translation of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, archived from the original on 9 May 2008, 3 (Vivo kaj morto):

     Dum ripoze, Clayton legis, ofte laŭte por la edzino, el la libraro, kiun li alportis por ilia nova hejmo.

     In his leisure Clayton read, often aloud to his wife, from the store of books he had brought for their new home.

See also

• biblioteko (“library”)

Latin

Verb

lībrārō

1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of lībrō

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian libraio.

Noun

libraro m (plural librari)

1. bookseller