What is 'livres' called in English?

'livres' in English is called "Pounds". Pounds refers to: Unité de masse équivalant à 16 onces, soit environ 0,45359237 kilogrammes.

How do you pronounce 'Pounds' and 'livres'?

Listen to clear English audio pronunciation of 'Pounds' and native French audio speech for 'livres' with bilingual sentence examples on DictBridge.

English: "She bought five pounds of apples at the market." | French: "Elle a acheté cinq livres de pommes au marché."

noun · verb

English to French Dictionary

nounlivres, livre

verbbattre

Synonymes:poidsmonnaiefrapper

livres in English:pounds

Phonetic:livr

Plural: pounds

Gender:Féminin

Quick Answer • En bref

La signification de pounds en français est livres, livre, battre. (Unité de masse équivalant à 16 onces, soit environ 0,45359237 kilogrammes.)

1
noun
livre
Pounds refer to a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces avoirdupois, or approximately 0.45359237 kilograms.
Unité de masse équivalant à 16 onces, soit environ 0,45359237 kilogrammes.
2
noun
livre
Pounds are the basic monetary unit of several countries, most notably the United Kingdom (pound sterling).
Unité monétaire de base de plusieurs pays, notamment le Royaume-Uni (livre sterling).
3
verb
battre
To pound means to strike or hit something repeatedly with great force, or to beat rhythmically.
Frapper ou heurter quelque chose de manière répétée avec une grande force, ou battre rythmiquement.

casual

“She bought five pounds of apples at the market.”

Elle a acheté cinq livres de pommes au marché.

casual

“The book costs twenty pounds.”

Le livre coûte vingt livres.

casual

“His heart pounds when he runs fast.”

Son cœur bat la chamade quand il court vite.

In French:

poidsmonnaiefrapper

In French:

légerrecevoir

past tensepounded

gerundpounding

nounpound

agent nounpounder

pound of fleshidiom

A debt that is ruthlessly exacted.

pound the pavementidiom

To walk or search for something, especially a job, by going from place to place.

pound for poundexpression

Comparing two things or people of different sizes or weights as if they were the same size or weight.