superbe

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See also: supèrbe and süperbe

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁb/
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Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

Adjective[edit]

superbe (plural superbes)

  1. superb; excellent, impressive
  2. haughty
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

superbe m or f by sense (plural superbes)

  1. proud, arrogant person[1]

Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin superbia.[2]

Noun[edit]

superbe f (uncountable)

  1. pride, arrogance[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “superbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “superbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  3. ^ [1].

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

superbe

  1. inflection of superb:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

superbe

  1. feminine plural of superbo

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

superbus (“proud, superb; excellent, splendid; arrogant, haughty”) +‎ -ē (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives)

Adverb[edit]

superbē (comparative superbius, superlative superbissimē)

  1. proudly, superbly; excellently, splendidly; arrogantly, haughtily
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

superbe

  1. vocative masculine singular of superbus

References[edit]

  • “superbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “superbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • superbe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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