superb
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//suːˈpɜːb//
- Royaume-Uni//sjuːˈpɜːb//
- Royaume-Uni//sʉwˈpəːb//
- États-Unis//suˈpɝb//
- États-Unis//səˈpɝb//
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
adjectif
- 1
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
This champagne is superb.
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.
The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.
- 2
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
a superb edifice; a superb colonnade
- 3
vieilliHaughty.
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.
Étymologie
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Formes
- comparatif
- superber
- superlatif
- superbest
superb · First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
superboy · A very remarkable, talented or otherwise exceptional boy.superficial · Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.supergirl · A girl who is particularly successful, talented, or otherwise…