nobre

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

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Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

  1. noble

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Noun

nobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)

  1. noble

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: no‧bre

Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

  1. noble (pertaining to nobility)
    Synonyms: aristocrático, cortês, fidalgo
    Minha família tem sangue nobre.
    My family has noble blood.
  2. noble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)
    Synonyms: digno, honorável, virtuoso, magnânimo, benevolente
    Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.
    That donation was quite a noble act.
  3. high-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
  4. (carpentry, of wood) dense and resistant
    Não tive dinheiro para construir a escadaria de madeira nobre, então usei pinho.
    I didn’t have money to build the staircase with prized wood, so I used pine.
  5. (cooking, of fish) having few or no bones in its meat
    O atum é um peixe nobre.
    Tuna is a boneless fish.
  6. (of a neighbourhood or establishment) upper-class; wealthy
    Synonyms: rico, burguês
    Esse é o bairro mais nobre da cidade.
    This is the wealthiest neighbourhood in town.

Noun

nobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)

  1. noble; aristocrat (member of nobility)
    Synonyms: fidalgo, aristocrata

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