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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Adjective
superbe (plural superbes)
- superb; excellent, impressive
- haughty
Derived terms
Noun
superbe m or f by sense (plural superbes)
- proud, arrogant person[1]
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin superbia.[2]
Noun
superbe f (uncountable)
- pride, arrogance[3]
References
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
superbe
- inflection of superb:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
superbe
- feminine plural of superbo
Latin
Etymology 1
superbus (“proud, superb; excellent, splendid; arrogant, haughty”) + -ē (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives)
Adverb
superbē (comparative superbius, superlative superbissimē)
- proudly, superbly; excellently, splendidly; arrogantly, haughtily
Etymology 2
Adjective
superbe
- vocative masculine singular of superbus
References
- “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.