noble

See also: Noble and NOBLE

EnglishEdit

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noble

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”).

Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊbəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊbəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊbəl
Hyphenation: no‧ble

NounEdit

noble (plural nobles)

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.

Antonyms: commoner, plebeian
(historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
  I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
  And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 93:
  There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

HyponymsEdit

See also Thesaurus:nobleman

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

aristocrat

Albanian: fisnik (sq) m, fisnike (sq) f,
Arabic: نَبِيل‎ (ar) m (nabīl)
Armenian: ազնվական (hy) (aznvakan)
Azerbaijani: zadəgan (az)
Bulgarian: благоро́дник (bg) (blagoródnik), велмо́жа (bg) (velmóža)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貴族／贵族 (zh) (guìzú)
Czech: šlechtic (cs) m
Danish: adelsmand c, adelskvinde c (female), adelsdame c (female), aristokrat c
Dutch: edele (nl) m, aristocraat (nl) m, adellijke (nl) m
Esperanto: nobelo (eo), nobelino (female)
Finnish: aristokraatti (fi)
French: noble (fr) m or f, aristocrate (fr) m or f, nobliau (fr) m (derogatory)
Galician: nobre m or f
Georgian: თავადი (tavadi), დიდგვაროვანი (didgvarovani), წარჩინებული (c̣arčinebuli), დიდებული (ka) (didebuli)
German: Adeliger (de) m, Adliger (de) m, Adelige (de) f, Adlige (de) f, Aristokrat (de) m, Aristokratin (de) f, Edelmann (de) m, Edelfrau (de) f, Edeldame f, Edelfräulein (de) n (young, unmarried), Edler m, Edle f
Greek: αριστοκράτης (el) m (aristokrátis), ευγενής (el) m or f (evgenís)
Ancient: ἄριστος m (áristos)
Hawaiian: aliʻi
Hebrew: אציל \ אָצִיל‎ (he) m (atsíl), אצילה \ אֲצִילָה‎ f (atsilá)
Hungarian: nemes (hu)
Irish: uasal (ga) m
Japanese: 貴族 (ja) (きぞく, kizoku)
Kazakh: ақсүйек (aqsüiek)
Macedonian: благо́родник m (blagórodnik), ве́лможа m (vélmoža), великодо́стојник m (velikodóstojnik)
Maori: ariki (mi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: adelsmann (no) m, adelskvinne m or f (female), adelsdame m or f (female), aristokrat (no) m

Nynorsk: adelsmann m, adelskvinne f, adelsdame f, aristokrat m
Old English: ǣþel m
Persian: نجیب‌زاده‎ (najib-zâde)
Polish: arystokrata (pl) m, arystokratka (pl) f, arystokratka (pl) m, szlachcianka (pl) f
Portuguese: nobre (pt) m or f
Romanian: nobil (ro) m, nobilă (ro) f, aristocrat (ro) m, aristocrată (ro) m
Russian: аристокра́т (ru) m (aristokrát), аристокра́тка (ru) f (aristokrátka), дворяни́н (ru) m (dvorjanín), дворя́нка (ru) f (dvorjánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пле̏мић m, пле̏мкиња f

Roman: plȅmīć m, plȅmkinja (sh) f
Slovak: šľachtic (sk) m, urodzený m
Spanish: noble (es) m or f
Swedish: adelsman (sv) c (male), adelsdam (sv) c (female), adelskvinna c (female), adelsperson c, aristokrat (sv) c
Yiddish: אַדלמאַן‎ m (adlman), אַריסטאָקראַט‎ m (aristokrat), דוואָריאַנין‎ m (dvoryanin) (Russia), וויעלמאָזשנע‎ m (vyelmozhne) (Poland)

medieval gold coin

German: Nobel m

AdjectiveEdit

noble (comparative nobler or more noble, superlative noblest or most noble)

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
He made a noble effort.

He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.

Synonyms: great, honorable

Antonyms: despicable, ignoble, mean, vile
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […] , the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
a noble edifice
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
noble blood; a noble personage

Synonym: superior

Antonyms: inferior, plebeian
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.

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having honorable qualities

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: كَرِيم‎ (karīm), شَرِيف‎ (šarīf), نَبِيل‎ (ar) (nabīl)
Armenian: ազնիվ (hy) (azniv), վեհ (hy) (veh), վեհանձն (hy) (vehanjn)
Belarusian: шляхе́тны (šljaxjétny)
Bulgarian: благоро́ден (bg) (blagoróden)
Catalan: noble (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高貴／高贵 (zh) (gāoguì), 高尚 (zh) (gāoshàng)
Czech: vznešený (cs), velkomyslný, ušlechtilý (cs)
Dutch: edel (nl), adellijk (nl), eervol (nl), fatsoenlijk (nl), nobel (nl)
Esperanto: nobla (eo)
Estonian: aatelik
Finnish: aatelinen (fi), jalo (fi), ylväs (fi)
French: noble (fr), aristocratique (fr)
Galician: nobre
Georgian: კეთილშობილი (ḳetilšobili), დიდსულოვანი (didsulovani), სულგრძელი (sulgrʒeli)
German: nobel (de), edel (de), großzügig (de), großmütig (de), hehr (de)
Greek: αριστοκρατικός (el) (aristokratikós)
Ancient: γενναῖος (gennaîos)
Hawaiian: aliʻi
Hebrew: יקר רוח‎ (y"kar ruakh), נאצל‎ (he) m (né'étsal)
Hungarian: nemes (hu)
Irish: uasal (ga), án (ga)
Italian: nobile (it)
Japanese: 偉い (ja) (erai), 立派な (ja) (rippa na)
Khmer: អភិជន (a’pʰi’ cɔɔn)
Kyrgyz: асыл (ky) (asıl)
Latin: pulcher, nōbilis (la)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: благороден (blagoroden)
Maori: metarahi, metararahi
Norman: nobl'ye (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edel (no)

Nynorsk: edel
Occitan: nòble (oc)
Persian: شریف‎ (fa) (šarif)
Polish: szlachetny (pl)
Portuguese: nobre (pt)
Romanian: nobil (ro)
Russian: благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj)
Scots: athill
Scottish Gaelic: uasal, mòrdha, miathail, flathail, allail, òirdheirc
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: племѐнит

Roman: plemènit (sh)
Slovak: šľachetný, ušľachtilý, vznešený
Spanish: noble (es)
Swedish: ädel (sv), nobel (sv)
Turkish: soylu (tr), asil (tr)
Ukrainian: благоро́дний (uk) (blahoródnyj), шляхе́тний (šljaxétnyj)
West Frisian: eal

of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth

Albanian: fisnik (sq) m, fisnike (sq) f
Azerbaijani: əsil (az)
Belarusian: высакаро́дны (vysakaródny), шляхе́тны (šljaxjétny)
Bulgarian: благоро́ден (bg) (blagoróden), аристократи́чен (bg) (aristokratíčen)
Finnish: aatelinen (fi), aatelis-
German: adlig (de), aristokratisch (de), vornehm (de), nobel (de), erhaben (de), erlaucht (de), prächtig (de), stattlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: γενναῖος (gennaîos), εὐγενής (eugenḗs)
Irish: uasal (ga)
Italian: nobile (it), aristocratico (it)
Japanese: 偉い (ja) (erai), 貴い (ja) (tōtoi), 高貴な (ja) (kōki na), 貴族の (ja) (kizoku no)
Latin: nōbilis (la)
Macedonian: благороден (blagoroden)
Old English: æþele
Polish: szlachetny (pl)
Romanian: nobil (ro)
Russian: благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj), аристократи́ческий (ru) (aristokratíčeskij)
Slovak: urodzený, aristokratický (sk)
Swedish: adlig (sv), välboren (sv)
Ukrainian: шляхе́тний (šljaxétnyj)
Yiddish: אַדלדיק‎ (adldik)

grand, magnificent, splendid

Bulgarian: възвишен (bg) (vǎzvišen), величествен (bg) (veličestven)
Italian: splendido (it)

AnagramsEdit

Bolen, Lebon, Nobel

AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

noble (epicene, plural nobles)

noble

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōbilis.

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.blə/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ble/

AdjectiveEdit

noble (masculine and feminine plural nobles)

noble

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NounEdit

noble m or f (plural nobles)

noble

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis according to the TLFi dictionary.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /nɔbl/
audio (un noble) (file)

AdjectiveEdit

noble (plural nobles)

noble, aristocratic
(of material) non-synthetic, natural; fine
noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Danish: nobel
→ German: nobel

NounEdit

noble m or f by sense (plural nobles)

noble (person who is noble)

ReferencesEdit

Etymology and history of “noble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈnoːblə/

AdjectiveEdit

noble

inflection of nobel:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis.

AdjectiveEdit

noble

noble

DescendantsEdit

English: noble

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French, from Latin nōbilis.

AdjectiveEdit

noble m or f (plural nobles)

noble

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōbilis.

AdjectiveEdit

noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)

noble; upper-class; well-bred
Synonyms: avenant, cortois

RomanianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

noble m or f or n (masculine plural nobli, feminine and neuter plural noble)

Obsolete form of nobil.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of noble

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	noble		noble	nobli	noble
nominative/ accusative	definite	noblele		noblea	noblii	noblele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	noble		noble	nobli	noble
genitive/ dative	definite	noblelui		noblei	noblilor	noblelor

ReferencesEdit

noble in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōbilis.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈnoble/ [ˈno.β̞le]
Rhymes: -oble
Syllabification: no‧ble

AdjectiveEdit

noble (plural nobles)

noble

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

nobleza

SwedishEdit

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noble

absolute definite natural masculine singular of nobel.

AnagramsEdit

Nobel, nobel

noble

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