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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
noble (plural nobles)
- An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
- Antonyms: commoner, plebeian
This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
- (historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
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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Translations
aristocrat
- Albanian: fisnik (sq) m, fisnike (sq) f,
- Arabic: نَبِيل (ar) m (nabīl), شريف m (šarīf)
- 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 (gl) 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)
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Adjective
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.
- 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 (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.
- 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.
- 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
- (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.
- (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 (gl)
- 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 (la), 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
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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)
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grand, magnificent, splendid
See also
Further reading
- “noble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “noble”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “noble”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Asturian
Adjective
noble (epicene, plural nobles)
- noble
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōbilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
noble m or f (masculine and feminine plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
Noun
noble m or f by sense (plural nobles)
- noble
Further reading
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis according to the TLFi dictionary.
Pronunciation
Adjective
noble (plural nobles)
- noble, aristocratic
- (of material) non-synthetic, natural; fine
- noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
noble m or f by sense (plural nobles)
- noble (person who is noble)
References
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
noble
- inflection of nobel:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis.
Adjective
noble
- noble
Descendants
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin nōbilis.
Adjective
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble
Old French
Etymology
From Latin nōbilis.
Adjective
noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)
- noble; upper-class; well-bred
- Synonyms: avenant, cortois
Romanian
Adjective
noble m or f or n (masculine plural nobli, feminine and neuter plural noble)
- Obsolete form of nobil.
Declension
References
- noble in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin nōbilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoble/
- Rhymes: -oble
- Syllabification: no‧ble
Adjective
noble m or f (masculine and feminine plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Swedish
Adjective
noble
- definite natural masculine singular of nobel
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