liberate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbəɹet/
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• General-American: /ˈlɪbəˌɹet/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /lɪbəˈɹeɪti/
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• General-American: /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪti/
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• General-American: [-ɾi]
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• rhymes with -eɪti
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbəɹeɪt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈlɪbəɹɛjt/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈlɪbəˌɹeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: L IH1 B ER2 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin līberātus (“freed, liberated; absolved, acquitted; released”); see English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and used as the ending of participial adjectives and obsolete past participles from Latin). Līberātus is the perfect passive participle of līberō (“to free, liberate; to absolve, acquit; to release”), from līber (“free, unrestricted”), + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); and līberō is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1léwdheros (“free”), from *h1lewdh- (“to grow; people”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix) (*h1léwdheros possibly originally meant ‘belonging to one’s own people’, excluding slaves who were captured from other groups of people, and thus later came to mean “free (not enslaved)”). Not related to deliberate.

From Late Middle English liberate (“warrant for payment of an allowance, debt, pension, etc.; warrant for delivery of property from a sheriff’s custody”, noun), from Law French liberate, from Anglo-Norman liberate, and from their etymon Late Latin liberate (“name of such a writ”), a noun use of Latin līberāte (“deliver”) (commonly the first word of such writs), the second-person plural present active imperative of līberō (“to free, liberate; to absolve, acquit; to release”): see further at etymology 1. Compare English allocate (“warrant for the payment of an allowance, debt, pension, etc.”).

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: määräys vapauttaa vanki takuita vastaan — writ issued to a jailer to release a prisoner on bail
• Finnish: määräys vapauttaa takavarikoitua omaisuutta — writ issued to a sheriff to release property from their custody
• Afrikaans: bevry — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Albanian: liroj — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Albanian: çliroj — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Amharic: ለቀቀ (läḳäḳä) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Arabic: حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Armenian: ազատագրել (azatagrel) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Asturian: lliberar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Azerbaijani: azad etmək — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Belarusian: вызваля́ць (vyzvaljácʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Belarusian: вы́зваліць (výzvalicʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Breton: dieubi — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (osvoboždávam) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Bulgarian: освободя́ (osvobodjá) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Burmese: လွတ်မြောက်စေ (lwatmraukce) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Burmese: လွှတ် (hlwat) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Catalan: alliberar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Chinese Mandarin: 解放 (jiěfàng) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Czech: osvobozovat — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Czech: osvobodit — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Danish: befri — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Danish: frigøre — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Dutch: bevrijden — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Esperanto: liberigi — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Estonian: vabastama — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• French: libérer — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Galician: liberar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Galician: ceibar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Georgian: გათავისუფლება (gatavisupleba) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• German: befreien — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galausjan) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Greek: ελευθερώνω (eleftheróno) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Hebrew: שיחרר \ שִׁחְרֵר (shikhrér) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Hindi: मुक्त करना (mukt karnā) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Hindi: आज़ाद करना (āzād karnā) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Hindi: रिहा करना (rihā karnā) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Hungarian: felszabadít — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Icelandic: frelsa — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Ido: libereskar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Indonesian: membebaskan — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Irish: saor — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Irish: fuascail — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Italian: liberare — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Japanese: 解放する (kaihō suru) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Kazakh: азат ету (azat etu) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Kazakh: босату (bosatu) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Khmer: រំដោះ (rumdɑh) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Khmer: បណ្ដោះ (bɑɑbɑndɑh) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Korean: 해방(解放)하다 (haebanghada) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Kyrgyz: бошотуу (boşotuu) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Kyrgyz: азат кылуу (azat kıluu) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Lao: ປົດປ່ອຍ (pot pǭi) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Latin: līberō — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Latin: lībertō — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Latvian: atbrīvot — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Lithuanian: išlaisvinti — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Lithuanian: išvaduoti — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Luxembourgish: befreien — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Macedonian: ослободува (osloboduva) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Macedonian: ослободи (oslobodi) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Malay: membebaskan — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Māori: whakawātea — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Māori: wewete — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Māori: wetehere — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Mongolian: чөлөөлөх (čölöölöx) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠯᠦᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ (čilügelekü) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Norwegian Bokmål: frigjøre — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Norwegian Bokmål: befri — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frigjere — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Pashto: ازادول (azādawǝl) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Persian: آزاد کردن (âzâd kardan) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Persian: رهانیدن (rahânidan) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: uwalniać — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: uwolnić — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: wyzwalać — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: wyzwolić — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: oswabadzać — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Polish: oswobodzić — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Portuguese: libertar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Punjabi: ਅਜ਼ਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ (azād karnā) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Punjabi: ਰਿਹਾਈ ਦੇਣੀ (rihāī deṇī) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Quechua: qispichiy — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Romanian: a elibera — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Russian: освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Russian: вызволя́ть (vyzvoljátʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Russian: вы́зволить (výzvolitʹ) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (muñcati) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaoil — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Scottish Gaelic: leig mu sgaoil — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Serbo-Croatian: ослоба́ђати — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Serbo-Croatian: ослобо̀дити — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Serbo-Croatian: oslobáđati — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Serbo-Croatian: oslobòditi — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Slovak: oslobodzovať — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Slovak: oslobodiť — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Slovene: osvobajati — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Slovene: osvoboditi — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Spanish: liberar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Spanish: librar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Spanish: libertar — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Swedish: frigöra — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Swedish: befria — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Tajik: озод кардан (ozod kardan) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Tajik: раҳонидан (rahonidan) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Tatar: азат итәргә (azat itärgä) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Thai: ปลดปล่อย (bplòt-bplɔ̀i) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Turkish: serbest bırakmak — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Turkish: özgürleştirmek — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Turkmen: azat etmek — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Ukrainian: звільня́ти (zvilʹnjáty) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Ukrainian: звільни́ти (zvilʹnýty) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Ukrainian: визволя́ти (vyzvoljáty) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Ukrainian: ви́зволити (výzvolyty) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Uyghur: ئازاد قىلماق (azad qilmaq) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Uzbek: ozod qilmoq — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Vietnamese: giải phóng — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Welsh: rhyddhau — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Yiddish: באַפֿרײַען (bafrayen) — to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free — see also set free, release
• Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (osvoboždávam) — to free (a place or the residents thereof) from an occupying force or from oppression
• Bulgarian: освободя́ (osvobodjá) — to free (a place or the residents thereof) from an occupying force or from oppression
• Chinese Mandarin: 解放 (jiěfàng) — to free (a place or the residents thereof) from an occupying force or from oppression
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to free (a place or the residents thereof) from an occupying force or from oppression
• Chinese Mandarin: 釋放 /释放 (shìfàng) — to cause (energy or a substance) to be released through a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to cause (energy or a substance) to be released through a chemical reaction or physical decomposition