obrir

From Vulgar Latin *operīre, altered from Latin aperīre. Cognate with Occitan obrir and Catalan obrir.

• IPA^(key): /oˈbɾi(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: o‧brir
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

obrir

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Inherited from Old Catalan obrir, from Vulgar Latin *operīre, from Latin aperīre (influenced by cooperīre). Compare Occitan obrir~dobrir, Aragonese obrir~ubrir, French ouvrir, Spanish abrir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈβɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [uˈbɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈbɾiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

obrir (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrí, past participle obert); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

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   Synonym: descloure

   Antonym: tancar

• “obrir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “obrir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “obrir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “obrir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /uˈβɾi/
• Rhymes: -i

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• Hyphenation: o‧brir

obrir (Languedoc, Gascony, transitive)

1. alternative form of dobrir