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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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gentleman
English
Etymology
Morphologically gentle +? man, calque of French gentilhomme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n.t?l.m?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): [?d????.??.m?n]
- Hyphenation: gentle?man
Noun
gentleman (plural gentlemen)
- (chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (Britain law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
- Synonyms: cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- (polite term of address) Any man.
- Synonym: sahib
- Coordinate terms: lady, gentlewoman, (historical) gentlelady
- (usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
- Synonym: dilettante
- (cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
- Coordinate terms: professional, (historical) player
Usage notes
- Although gentleman is used in reference to a man and gentlemen is used as a polite form of address to a group of men, it is more common to directly address a single gentleman as sir.
- The singular possesive of the sense "any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man" can appear in ad hoc compounds to describe a polite way of doing something; e.g. a "gentleman's sweep" when a dominant basketball team allowed the opponent one win in a series[1].
Derived terms
Related terms
- gentlewoman
- gentlelady
Descendants
- Chinese Pidgin English: gentleman
- ? Danish: gentleman
- ? Esperanto: ?entlemano
- ? French: gentleman
- ? Georgian: ????????? (?en?lmeni)
- ? Mohegan-Pequot: gundermon
- ? Polish: d?entelmen
- ? Portuguese: gentleman
- ? Spanish: gentleman
Translations
Chinese Pidgin English
Alternative forms
- ??? (Chinese characters)
Etymology
From English gentleman.
Noun
gentleman
- A respectful term for a person of either sex: gentleman, lady
References
- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Gentleman: does not always indicate the male sex. e.g. “outside have got two piece gentleman, one belong missee.” (Lunde.)”
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English gentleman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??n.tl?.man/
Noun
gentleman m (plural gentlemen or gentlemans)
- gentleman, especially an anglophone one
Further reading
- “gentleman” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mélangent
Spanish
Noun
gentleman m (plural gentlemen)
- British gentleman
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