felibre

From Occitan felibre, a word coined by Frédéric Mistral via a misdivision of Sepher, libre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fəˈli.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fəˈli.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈli.bɾe]

felibre m (plural felibres, feminine felibressa, feminine plural felibresses)

1. (linguistics, literature) félibre

• felibrenc

• Felibritge
• llibre

• “felibre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Coined by Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige Frédéric Mistral from the popular song "Sèt felibres de la lei" ("Seven felibres of the law"), a deformation of Sefer libre de la lei ("Sefer, book of the law"), from Hebrew ספר תורה (séfer torá, “book of teaching”).

• IPA^(key): /feˈli.bɾe/

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felibre m (plural felibres, feminine felibressa, feminine plural felibressas)

1. (linguistics, literature) félibre (member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854)

• Felibritge

• → French: félibre