acerbe

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.sɛʁb/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

acerbe (plural acerbes)

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

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

acerbe

  1. feminine plural of acerbo

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

acerbus +‎

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

acerbē (comparative acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)

  1. stridently
  2. cruelly, harshly
  3. severely

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

acerbe

  1. vocative masculine singular of acerbus

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

acerbe

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