brīvs
Pronunciation: [brīːws]
“brīvs” is a Latvian word. Its 12 meanings in English:
adjective
- free (politically, socially, economically or juridically independent)
- free (not in prison or captivity)
- free (of, from) (having no obligations or duties, no worries)
- free (not restrained, not regulated, without hindrance, without constraints)
- loose, comfortable
- free (loose, untied)
- free, unconstrained, natural
- free (which does not need to be paid for)
- free, vacant, empty, unoccupied, not in use
- free, vacant
- free (currently not in use, not busy, available)
- free (not chemically combined with other substances)
Etymology
A borrowing from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vri, vrie (compare German frei, Dutch vrij), from Proto-Germanic *frija- (“free, not a slave”). The sequence fr was changed to Latvian br. First mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries, brīvs was originally used in the context of German political and administrative power, and referred to more specific German legal concepts (a certain privilege or…
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