The former Italian currency was the lira and its symbol was "₤". It's not related to the Turkish lira.
Source: tatoeba (706684)
Lira
//ˈlɪəɹə//
Synonyms for "lira" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
53 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- لِيرَا noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
- لِيرَة f or لَيْرَة noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Belarusian
1 entries- лі́ра noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ли́ра noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Catalan
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 里拉 noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Czech
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Dutch
3 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lire noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lire noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Esperanto
1 entries- liro noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Faroese
2 entries- liri noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- liri noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Finnish
2 entries- liira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- liira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
French
3 entries- lire noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
- livre noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- livre noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Galician
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
German
1 entries- Lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Greek
2 entries- λίρα noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- λίρα noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Hebrew
1 entries- לִירָה noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Hindi
1 entries- लीरा noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Ido
1 entries- liro noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Italian
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Japanese
1 entries- リラ noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Korean
1 entries- 리라 noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Malay
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Maltese
1 entries- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Māori
1 entries- rira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Persian
2 entries- لیر noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- لیره noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Polish
2 entries- lir noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Portuguese
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Romanian
2 entries- liră noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- liră noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Russian
2 entries- ли́ра noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- ли́ра noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Spanish
2 entries- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Turkish
3 entries- Türk lirası noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- lira noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
- liret noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лі́ра noun (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
Uyghur
1 entries- لىرا noun (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In several European countries, the current currency is the Euro. Its symbol is €. One Euro is worth about two Turkish lira.
Source: tatoeba (706689)
The previous Italian monetary unit was the lira, with the symbol "₤". It isn't linked to the Turkish lira.
Source: tatoeba (3101207)
The Turkish lira has fallen more than 40 percent since the start of the year.
Source: tatoeba (7060170)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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