acerbe
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin acerbus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sɛʁb/
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Adjective
acerbe (plural acerbes)
- acerb (bitter to the taste)
- harsh
Further reading
- “acerbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
acerbe
- feminine plural of acerbo
Anagrams
- becera
Latin
Etymology 1
acerbus + -ē
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.beː/, [äˈkɛrbeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.be/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbe]
Adverb
acerbē (comparative acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)
- stridently
- cruelly, harshly
- severely
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.be/, [äˈkɛrbɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.be/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbe]
Adjective
acerbe
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
- (ambiguous) to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)
- (ambiguous) to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
Portuguese
Verb
acerbe
- inflection of acerbar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative