acerbe

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acerbus.

Adjective

acerbe (plural acerbes)

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

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

acerbe

  1. feminine plural of acerbo

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

acerbe

  1. vocative masculine singular of acerbus

Adverb

acerbē (comparative acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)

  1. stridently
  2. cruelly, harshly
  3. severely

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. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of acerbar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of acerbar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of acerbar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of acerbar
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