imberbe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis. See in- + barbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.bɛʁb/
  • (file)

Adjective

imberbe (plural imberbes)

  1. beardless
    Synonym: glabre
    Antonym: barbu
    • 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
      Je préférais surtout les garçons imberbes de seize à vingt-cinq ans, mais il fallait qu’ils soient jolis et propres.
      I above all preferred beardless boys between sixteen and twenty-five years old, but they had to be nice and clean.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈbɛr.be/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrbe
  • Hyphenation: im‧bèr‧be

Adjective

imberbe (plural imberbi)

  1. beardless, cleanshaven
  2. callow, inexperienced

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

imberbe

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of imberbis

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛʁ.bi/ [ĩˈbɛɦ.bi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛɾ.bi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛʁ.bi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛɻ.be/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛɾ.bɨ/ [ĩˈbɛɾ.βɨ]

  • Hyphenation: im‧ber‧be

Adjective

imberbe m or f (plural imberbes)

  1. beardless, cleanshaven

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈbeɾbe/ [ĩmˈbeɾ.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbe
  • Syllabification: im‧ber‧be

Adjective

imberbe m or f (masculine and feminine plural imberbes)

  1. beardless
    Synonym: barbilampiño

Further reading

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