different between main vs noble
main
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: m?n, IPA(key): /me?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophones: mane, Maine
Etymology 1
From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German meg?n (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.
Adjective
main (not comparable)
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. [from 15th c.]
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Religion direct us rather to ?ecure inward peace than outward ea?e, to be more careful to avoid everla?ting and intolerable torment than ?hort and light afflictions which are but for a moment; […] In a word, our main intere?t is to be as happy as we can, and as long as is po??ible; and if we be ca?t into ?uch circum?tances, that we mu?t be either in part and for a time or el?e wholly and always mi?erable, the be?t wi?dom is to chu?e the greate?t and mo?t la?ting happiness, but the lea?t and ?horte?t mi?ery.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- Synonym: largest
- (archaic, of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided. [from 16th c.]
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
main (comparative more main, superlative most main)
- (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
Verb
main (third-person singular simple present mains, present participle maining, simple past and past participle mained)
- (transitive) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
- (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
- (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæine, mæ?en, from Old English mæ?en (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *magin? (“strength, power, might”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *meg?- (“be able”). The word is cognate with Old High German magen, megin, Old Norse magn, megn, megin, Old Saxon megin. More recent senses are derived from the adjective.
Noun
main (plural mains)
- That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- Antonym: alt
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]
- (informal) Short for main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
- (now poetic) The high seas. [from 16th c.]
- (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland. [from 16th c.]
- (nautical) Short for mainsail. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort. [from 9th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; probably from the adjective main. Evidence is lacking for a derivation from French main (“hand”).
Noun
main (plural mains)
- (obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice.
- (obsolete, gaming) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
- (obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice.
- (obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
Etymology 4
Origin uncertain, possibly from French main (“hand”).
Noun
main (plural mains)
- (obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes.
References
Further reading
- main (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Main (power) in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Amin, Iman, Mani, Mian, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, iman, mani, mina
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- moi (Luserna)
Etymology
From Middle High German m?n, form Old High German m?n, from Proto-West Germanic *m?n, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.
Determiner
main (plural main, bon/dar maindarn) (Sette Comuni)
- (attributive) my
- (predicative) mine
Usage notes
The following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:
- They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
- Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
- The plural ending is -en, or -? when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
- Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
- Following bon (“of”) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.
Inflection
See also
References
- “main” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin m?ne, from m?. Compare Romanian mine.
Pronoun
main
- (first-person singular pronoun, oblique case) me
Related terms
- me
- ju
Finnish
Noun
main
- Instructive plural form of maa.
See also
- jossain näillä main
Anagrams
- mani, mina, nami
French
Etymology
From Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh?- (“to beckon”). Compare Spanish mano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
- Homophones: mains, maint, maints
- Hyphenation: main
Noun
main f (plural mains)
- hand
- (soccer) handball
- (poker) hand
Synonyms
- louche
- mimine
- paluche
- pince
Meronyms
- doigt
- dos
- paume
- poignet
- pouce
Holonyms
- bras
Derived terms
Related terms
- manche
- manicle
- manier
- manipuler
- manivelle
- manuel
Descendants
- ? German: Lamäng
Further reading
- “main” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mina
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay main
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /main/
- Hyphenation: main
Verb
main (bermain)
- to play
Derived terms
Further reading
- “main” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Kaiep
Noun
main
- woman
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
Malay
Etymology
A phonemical reduction from Pre-Malayic *q-um-ayam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayam.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /maen/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ma?n/
- Rhymes: -aen, -en
Verb
main (Jawi spelling ?????, used in the form bermain)
- to play
Derived terms
Descendants
- Indonesian: main
References
- "main" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
- “main” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Noun
main
- Alternative form of mayn
Adjective
main
- Alternative form of mayn
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus.
Noun
main f (plural mains)
- (anatomy) hand
Descendants
- French: main
Norman
Alternative forms
- man (continental Normandy)
- môin (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-.
Pronunciation
Noun
main f (plural mains)
- (Jersey, anatomy) hand
Derived terms
- brînge à main f (“brush”)
- marté à deux mains m (“sledgehammer”)
Related terms
- dé (“finger”)
Northern Sami
Pronoun
main
- locative plural of mii
Old French
Alternative forms
- mein, man
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
main f (oblique plural mainz, nominative singular main, nominative plural mainz)
- (anatomy) hand
Descendants
- Middle French: main
- French: main
- Norman: main
- Walloon: mwin
Welsh
Etymology
Cognate with Breton moan, Cornish moon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mai?n/
Adjective
main (feminine singular main, plural meinion, equative meined, comparative meinach, superlative meinaf)
- slender, thin
- Synonym: tenau
- fine
- Synonym: mân
Mutation
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noble
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French noble, from Latin n?bilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from n?scere, gn?scere (“to know”).
Displaced native Middle English athel (“noble”) (from Old English æþele) and Middle English hathel, hathelle (“noble, nobleman”) (from the merger of Old English æþele (“nobleman”) and Old English hæleþ (“hero”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?b?l/
- Rhymes: -??b?l
- Hyphenation: no?ble
Noun
noble (plural nobles)
- An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
- 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, Aeropagitica:
- 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.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:nobleman
Derived terms
Translations
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
- Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
- Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
- Synonym: superior
- Antonyms: inferior, plebeian
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- honorable
Further reading
- noble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- noble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- noble at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Bolen, Nobel
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?n?.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?n?.ble/
Adjective
noble (masculine and feminine plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
- gas noble
- noblement
- noblesa
Noun
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble
Further reading
- “noble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “noble” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “noble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “noble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin n?bilis according to the TLFi dictionary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?bl/
Adjective
noble (plural nobles)
- noble, aristocratic
- (of material) non-synthetic, natural; fine
- noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: nobel
- ? German: nobel
Noun
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble (person who is noble)
References
- “noble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “noble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?no?bl?/
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 n?bilis.
Adjective
noble
- noble
Descendants
- English: noble
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin n?bilis.
Adjective
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble
Old French
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Adjective
noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)
- noble; upper-class; well-bred
- Synonyms: avenant, cortois
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?noble/, [?no.??le]
Adjective
noble (plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
Related terms
- nobleza
Swedish
Adjective
noble
- absolute definite natural masculine form of nobel.
Anagrams
- Nobel, nobel
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