libertiner, v.n., to be a libertine, to lead a dissolute life, to be rakish; to be idle (of children).

se libertiner, v.r., to be a libertine; to play the idler (of children).

libidineu-x, -se, adj., libidinous.

ad libitum. V. ad libitum.

libouret, n.m., mackerel-fishing line.

libraire, n.m., bookseller. — éditeur; publisher, publisher and bookseller.

librairie, n.f., book-trade, bookselling; bookseller’s shop, library, publishing-house.

libration, n.f., (astron.) libration.

libre, adj., free; at liberty; unguarded, unconfined, outdoor; bold, broad; rid, exempt; (of paper) unstamped; (of schools) free, private; (of verse) irregular. Il a tout son temps —; all his time is his own. — à vous de sortir ou de rester; stay or go, as you please. Cette place est —; that seat is unoccupied. Avoir le champ —; to have free scope for action.

libre-échange, n.m., (n.p.) free-trade.