liberté

Inherited from Old French liberté, borrowed from Latin lībertātem.

• IPA^(key): /li.bɛʁ.te/

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liberté f (countable and uncountable, plural libertés)

1. liberty, freedom. 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Qu'y a-t-il de plus doux dans ce monde que la liberté? What is there sweeter in this world than liberty?" "Chacun aura la liberté de dire son sentiment, everyone shall have a freedom to speak his mind."

   liberté d'expression ― freedom of speech

   liberté de religion, liberté de culte ― freedom of religion

   liberté de conscience ― freedom of conscience

   1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Le roi ne veut plus donner liberté de conscience, the king will grant no more liberty of conscience."

   liberté de pensée ― freedom of thought

   liberté de la presse ― freedom of the press

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

liberté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of libertar