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

acerbus +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈker.beː/, [äˈkɛrbeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.be/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbe]

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): /aˈker.be/, [äˈkɛrbɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.be/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbe]

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