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noble

See also: Noble and NOBLE

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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”).

False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

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noble (plural nobles)

  1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
    Antonyms: commoner, plebeian
    This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
  2. (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, published 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.

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

  1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
    Synonyms: great, honorable
    Antonyms: despicable, ignoble, mean, vile
    He made a noble effort.
    He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.
    • 1997, 1:44:10 from the start, in The Fifth Element‎[1] (Science Fiction / Action), →ISBN, →OCLC:
      Korben, I realize you must be pretty mad at me. But I want you to know that I am fighting for a noble cause. / Yes, you're trying to save the world. I remember.
  2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
    a noble edifice
    • 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.
  3. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
    Synonym: superior
    Antonyms: inferior, plebeian
    noble blood; a noble personage
  4. (winemaking) Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
  5. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.

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noble (epicene, plural nobles)

  1. noble

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Borrowed from Latin nōbilis.

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noble m or f (masculine and feminine plural nobles)

  1. noble

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noble m or f by sense (plural nobles)

  1. noble

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

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noble (plural nobles)

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

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  • → Danish: nobel
  • → German: nobel

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noble m or f by sense (plural nobles)

  1. noble (person who is noble)

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noble

  1. 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

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From Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis.

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noble

  1. noble

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From Old French, from Latin nōbilis.

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noble m or f (plural nobles)

  1. noble

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From Latin nōbilis.

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noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)

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

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

  1. Obsolete form of nobil.

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

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

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From Latin nōbilis.

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

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noble m or f (masculine and feminine plural nobles)

  1. noble

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noble

  1. definite natural masculine singular of nobel

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