imberbe

Borrowed from Latin imberbis. See in- +‎ barbe.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.bɛʁb/

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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.

• barbe

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

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

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

imberbe m or f by sense (plural imberbi)

1. beardless, cleanshaven
2. callow, inexperienced

• barba

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

imberbe

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of imberbis

Learned borrowing from Latin imberbis.

• Hyphenation: im‧ber‧be

imberbe m or f (plural imberbes)

1. beardless, cleanshaven

• barba

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

Borrowed from Latin imberbis.

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

imberbe m or f (masculine and feminine plural imberbes)

1. beardless

   Synonym: barbilampiño

• “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