livrer

Inherited from Old French livrer, inherited from Latin līberāre. Doublet of libérer.

• IPA^(key): /li.vʁe/

• Audio:

  (file)

livrer

1. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
2. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
3. to betray
4. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
5. (reflexive) abandon oneself, give oneself over [with à ‘to’]
6. (reflexive) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) [with à ‘to’]

• emmener, transporter, déposer, dénoncer

• livraison
• livrer à soi-même
• livrer bataille
• livreur

• “livrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin līberāre.

livrer

1. to deliver
2. to give birth; to deliver

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• delivrer

• French: livrer
• → Middle Dutch: leveren
  • Dutch: leveren
    • Afrikaans: lewer
    • Negerhollands: leveer, leweer, lever
    • → Indonesian: lever
    • → Sranan Tongo: leifer
      • → Caribbean Javanese: léfer, ngléfer
      • → Kari'na: reifyry
• → Middle English: lyveren