acerbe

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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

Italian

Adjective

acerbe

  1. feminine plural of acerbo

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

acerbus +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

Adverb

acerbē (comparative acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)

  1. stridently
  2. cruelly, harshly
  3. severely

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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, 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
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