imberbe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imberbis. See in- + barbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.bɛʁb/
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Adjective
imberbe (plural imberbes)
- beardless
- 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.
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Further reading
- “imberbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈbɛr.be/
- Rhymes: -ɛrbe
- Hyphenation: im‧bèr‧be
Adjective
imberbe m or f (plural imberbi)
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈbɛr.bɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈbɛr.be]
Adjective
imberbe
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of imberbis
Portuguese
Etymology
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)
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈbeɾbe/ [ĩmˈbeɾ.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -eɾbe
- Syllabification: im‧ber‧be
Adjective
imberbe m or f (masculine and feminine plural imberbes)
- beardless
- Synonym: barbilampiño
Related terms
Further reading
- “imberbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024