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liver¹
- /ˈlɪvə/ UK
- /ˈlɪvɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.
noun livers
- A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
- This organ, as taken from animals used as food. I'd like some goose liver pate.
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
- Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color. He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
adjective
- Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray). His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white.
liver²
- /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.
noun livers
- Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). Ephori of Sparta, hearing a dissolute liver propose a very beneficial advise unto the people, commaunded him to hold his peace, and desired an honest man to assume the invention of it unto himselfe and to propound it.
- Someone who is alive: one of the living. When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude, He gave the Liuers dwellings.
- Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller. They must instantly have been detected by the present Livers that were upon the place.
liver³
- /ˈlaɪvə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -aɪvə(ɹ)
adjective
- comparative form of live: more live Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver.
Liver⁴
- /ˈlaɪvə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -aɪvə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Back-formation from Liverpool, possibly influenced by liver bird.
adjective more Liver · most Liver
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From or pertaining to Liverpool.
He was fat, he was round and his car was in the pound. But we loved Liver bloke Jan Molby all the same. Now he's decided to tell us all about his crazy old days as the Lardy Lord of the Liverpool midfield and you can get your hands on this very funny tale for free if you win this competition.
Similar: Scouse, Liverpudlian
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: spleen, hepatic, kidney, hepatitis, lung, tail, hay, foie, hepatica, lift, wheel, text, dweller, denizen, occupant, tenant
Translations
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noun organ of the body
| Español | hígado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간장 ganjang, 간 gan |
| 日本語 | 肝臓 kanzō, 肝 kimo |
| 中文 | 肝臟 /肝脏 gānzàng, 肝 gān |
| हिन्दी | कलेजा kalejā, जिगर jigar, कलेजी kalejī, यकृत yakŕt |
| Kiswahili | ini |
| Português | fígado |
| Français | foie |
| Deutsch | Leber |
| Italiano | fegato |
| Ελληνικά | ήπαρ ípar, συκώτι sykóti |
| Română | ficat, mai |
| Русский | пе́чень péčenʹ, печёнка pečónka |
| Tiếng Việt | gan |
| العربية | كَبِد kabid, كِبْد kibd |
| עברית | כָּבֵד kavéd |
noun organ as food
| Español | hígado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | レバー rebā |
| 中文 | 肝 gān |
| Kiswahili | maini |
| Português | fígado, cachola |
| Français | foie |
| Deutsch | Leber |
| Italiano | fegato |
| Ελληνικά | συκώτι sykóti |
| Română | ficat |
| Русский | пе́чень péčenʹ, печёнка pečónka |
noun colour
| Español | hígado, rojo hígado |
|---|---|
| Italiano | fegato |
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title = {liver},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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