imberbe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis. See in- +‎ barbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.bɛʁb/

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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.

Related terms

• barbe

Further reading

• “imberbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

imberbe m or f by sense (plural imberbi)

1. beardless, cleanshaven
2. callow, inexperienced

Related terms

• barba

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈbɛr.bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈbɛr.be]

Adjective

imberbe

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of imberbis

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imberbis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɛʁ.bi/ [ĩˈbɛɦ.bi]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɛɾ.bɨ/ [ĩˈbɛɾ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: im‧ber‧be

Adjective

imberbe m or f (plural imberbes)

1. beardless, cleanshaven

Related terms

• barba

Further reading

• “imberbe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

Related terms

• barba

Further reading

• “imberbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025