Standard Lemma guide

livery

adj · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪvəɹi
  • rhymes with -ɪvɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: L IH1 V ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Like liver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Queasy, liverish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A taxicab or limousine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

The delivery of property from one owner to the next.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The writ by which property is obtained.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Release from wardship; deliverance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A low grade of wool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Outward markings, fittings or appearance

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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15

verb

Meaning 15

To clothe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Examples

  • He liveried his servants in the most modest of clothing.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adjective satellite

Meaning 16

suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bilious, liverish

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: care, attention, aid, tending

18

noun

Meaning 18

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying

Narrower terms: surrender, bailment

19

noun

Meaning 19

uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: uniform

History

Etymology

From Middle English *livery, from Old English lifriġ (“relating to the liver, livery”), equivalent to liver + -y.

From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լիվրե (livre) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Armenian: սպասազգեստ (spasazgest) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Belarusian: ліўрэ́я (liwréja) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Bulgarian: ливре́я (livréja) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Catalan: lliurea — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Czech: livrej — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Danish: liberi — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Dutch: livrei — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Esperanto: livreo — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Finnish: virka-asu — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Finnish: livree — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • French: livrée — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • German: Livree — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Greek: στολή (stolí) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Hungarian: libéria — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Ido: livreo — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Indonesian: seragam kendaraan — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Irish: éide — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Irish: libhré — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Italian: livrea — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Italian: foggia — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Macedonian: ливре́ја (livréja) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Norwegian Bokmål: livré — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Polish: liberia — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Portuguese: libré — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Romanian: livrea — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Russian: ливре́я (livréja) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: ливре́ја — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: livréja — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Slovak: livrej — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Slovene: livreja — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Spanish: librea — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Swedish: livré — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Turkish: livre — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Ukrainian: лівре́я (livréja) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Yiddish: ליוורעע (livree) — distinctive uniform worn by a group
  • Esperanto: livreuloj — whole body of liverymen
  • Dutch: kleurstelling — paint scheme
  • Finnish: värit — paint scheme
  • Finnish: kuosi — paint scheme
  • French: livrée — paint scheme
  • German: Anstrich — paint scheme
  • Irish: libhré — paint scheme
  • Italian: livrea — paint scheme
  • Polish: malowanie — paint scheme
  • Yiddish: ליוורעע (livree) — paint scheme
  • Finnish: omaisuuden luovutus — legal: delivery of property
  • Finnish: luovutuskirja — legal: writ
  • Finnish: vaatettaa — to clothe in
  • Finnish: pukea — to clothe in
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