How to spell library

hear itli·brar·y/'laɪ,brɛri/nounSounds

What it means: A building that houses a collection of books.

In a sentence: We went to the library to read books.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as libary or librery.

Same family: librarian, libraries, library card, book, collection. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Library comes from the Latin word 'librarium', meaning 'bookcase' or 'place for books', from 'liber' meaning 'book'. Over time it came to mean not just the place, but also the organized collection of books and other materials.

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