different between nubile vs agile

English

Etymology

From French nubile, from Latin n?bilis (“marriageable”), from n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewb?- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nuba?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?ba?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

   Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy

Usage notes

For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

Derived terms

• nubility

Related terms

• connubial
• nuptial, nuptials

Translations

Noun

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. A young sexually attractive woman.

Anagrams

• beluin, unible

French

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.bil/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. nubile

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu.bi.le/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubili)

1. unmarried

Noun

nubile f (plural nubili)

1. unmarried woman
2. spinster

Related terms

• nubilato

See also

• celibe

Latin

Adjective

n?bile

1. vocative masculine singular of n?bilus

English

Etymology

From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from ag? (“do, act; move”). See agent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd??.a?l/, /?æd??.?l/
• ,
• Rhymes: -æd??l

Adjective

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move

   Synonym: nimble

   • 1902, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.

2. Characterised by quick motion

3. (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

   agile methods

Synonyms

• active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

Antonyms

• unagile

Derived terms

• agility

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Eliga, liage

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?il/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

agile (plural agiles)

1. nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

Derived terms

• agilement
• agilité

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aigle
• gelai

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??i?l?]
• Hyphenation: agi?le

Adjective

agile

1. inflection of agil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from ag? (“do, act; move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d??i.le/

Adjective

agile (plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

Derived terms

• agilmente

Related terms

• agilità

Anagrams

• gelai
• legai

Further reading

• agile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

agile

1. nominative neuter singular of agilis
2. accusative neuter singular of agilis
3. vocative neuter singular of agilis

Scots

Etymology

From Latin agilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??il/

Adjective

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)

1. agile

References

• “agile” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[2], 2016.