acerbe

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁb/

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Adjective

acerbe (plural acerbes)

1. acerb (bitter to the taste)
2. harsh

Further reading

• “acerbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Adjective

acerbe

1. feminine plural of acerbo

Anagrams

• becera

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós

Proto-Italic *akris

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Proto-Italic *akriðos

Latin acerbus

Latin -ē

Latin acerbē

From acerbus + -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkɛr.beː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.be]

Adverb

acerbē (comparative acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)

1. stridently
2. cruelly, harshly
3. severely

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkɛr.bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.be]

Adjective

acerbe

1. vocative masculine singular of acerbus

References

• “acerbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acerbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “acerbe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
    
  • (ambiguous) to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)
    

Portuguese

Verb

acerbe

1. inflection of acerbar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative