different between nubile vs jubile

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

Noun

jubile (plural jubiles)

1. Obsolete form of jubilee.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: jubilent, jubiles

Verb

jubile

1. first-person singular present indicative of jubiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of jubiler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of jubiler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of jubiler
5. second-person singular imperative of jubiler

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jubile n (definite singular jubileet, indefinite plural jubile, definite plural jubilea)

1. alternative spelling of jubilé

Spanish

Verb

jubile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of jubilar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of jubilar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of jubilar.