superb
See also: süperb
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /suˈpɝb/, /səˈpɝb/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sjuːˈpɜːb/, /suːˈpɜːb/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
- Hyphenation: su‧perb
Adjective edit
superb (comparative superber, superlative superbest)
- First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
- This champagne is superb.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
- a superb edifice; a superb colonnade
- (dated) Haughty.
- 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2, page 235:
- A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
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Derived terms edit
Translations edit
of the highest quality; exceptionally good
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Anagrams edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French superbe, from Latin superbus.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
superb (strong nominative masculine singular superber, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of superb (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist superb | sie ist superb | es ist superb | sie sind superb | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | superber | superbe | superbes | superbe |
genitive | superben | superber | superben | superber | |
dative | superbem | superber | superbem | superben | |
accusative | superben | superbe | superbes | superbe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der superbe | die superbe | das superbe | die superben |
genitive | des superben | der superben | des superben | der superben | |
dative | dem superben | der superben | dem superben | den superben | |
accusative | den superben | die superbe | das superbe | die superben | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein superber | eine superbe | ein superbes | (keine) superben |
genitive | eines superben | einer superben | eines superben | (keiner) superben | |
dative | einem superben | einer superben | einem superben | (keinen) superben | |
accusative | einen superben | eine superbe | ein superbes | (keine) superben |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French superbe, from Latin superbus.
Adjective edit
superb m or n (feminine singular superbă, masculine plural superbi, feminine and neuter plural superbe)
Declension edit
Declension of superb
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | superb | superbă | superbi | superbe | ||
definite | superbul | superba | superbii | superbele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | superb | superbe | superbi | superbe | ||
definite | superbului | superbei | superbilor | superbelor |