different between goshawk vs ignoble

English

Etymology

From Middle English goshauk, from Old English g?shafoc (“goose hawk”), from g?s (“goose”) and hafoc (“hawk”). Compare also Old Norse gáshaukr and Late Middle English gosling. The bird gets its name from the fact that the birds of the species are hawks that were alleged to prey on geese.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???sh??k/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???sh?k/
• Hyphenation: gos?hawk

Noun

goshawk (plural goshawks)

1. Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• goshawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ign?bilis, from in- (“not”) + gn?bilis, later n?bilis (“noble”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n??b?l/
• Rhymes: -??b?l

Adjective

ignoble (comparative ignobler, superlative ignoblest)

1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
2. Not honorable; base.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife

3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ignoble.

Synonyms

• (common): common, plebeian, vulgar
• (not honorable): degenerate, mean, base, vile, low-minded, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful

Antonyms

• (common): noble
• (not honorable): noble, honorable

Derived terms

• ignobility
• ignobleness
• ignobly

Translations

Verb

ignoble (third-person singular simple present ignobles, present participle ignobling, simple past and past participle ignobled)

1. To make ignoble; to bring low.

Anagrams

• Gobelin, gobline, inglobe

French

Etymology

From Middle French ignoble, borrowed from Latin ign?bilis, from in- (“not”) + gn?bilis, later n?bilis (“noble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.??bl/

Adjective

ignoble (plural ignobles)

1. disgusting, repulsive, horrible

Further reading

• “ignoble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gobelin