noble

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 2.5 Derived terms 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnəʊbəl/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈnoʊbəl/
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• Rhymes: -əʊbəl
• Hyphenation: no‧ble

[edit] Etymology

Middle English noble from Old French noble. Replaced 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").

[edit] Noun

noble (plural nobles)

1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood
2. A medieval coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries.

[edit] Antonyms

• commoner

[edit] Derived terms

• half-noble

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[edit] Adjective

noble (comparative more noble, superlative most noble)

1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character

   He made a noble effort.

[edit] Antonyms

• ignoble

[edit] Related terms

• nobility
• noble gas
• nobleman
• noble metal

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• honorable

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nobilis.

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[edit] Adjective

noble m. (f. noble, m. plural nobles, f. plural nobles)

1. noble

   Le néon est un gaz noble.

[edit] Noun

noble m. (plural nobles)

1. noble

[edit] Derived terms

• noblesse

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nobilis.

[edit] Adjective

noble m. and f. (plural nobles)

1. noble

[edit] Related terms

• nobleza