nobility

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French nobilité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nobilitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noʊˈbɪlɪti/
• IPA^(key): /nəʊˈbɪlɪti/, /nəˈbɪlɪti/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

nobility (countable and uncountable, plural nobilities)

1. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

   Synonyms: aristocracy, upper class

   Antonym: plebeian

2. (uncountable) The quality of being noble.

   Synonyms: aristocracy, nobleness

   Antonyms: meanness, ignobility

Translations

noble or privileged social class

• Asturian: nobleza f
• Belarusian: двара́нства n (dvaránstva), шля́хта f (šljáxta)
• Bulgarian: аристокра́ция (bg) f (aristokrácija)
• Catalan: noblesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貴族／贵族 (zh) (guìzú), 贵族 (zh) (guìzú)

• Czech: šlechta (cs) f
• Dutch: adel (nl)
• Esperanto: nobelaro
• Estonian: aadel (et)
• Finnish: aateli (fi)
• French: noblesse (fr) f
• Galician: nobreza f
• Georgian: თავადაზნაურობა (tavadaznauroba), არისტოკრატია (arisṭoḳraṭia)
• German: Adel (de) m
• Greek: αριστοκρατία (el) f (aristokratía)

  Ancient: εὐγένεια f (eugéneia)

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• Hebrew: אצולה f (atzula)
• Hungarian: nemesség (hu)
• Italian: nobiltà (it) f
• Japanese: 貴族 (ja) (kizoku)
• Latin: nōbilitās f
• Macedonian: благородништво n (blagorodništvo), дворјанство n (dvorjanstvo)
• Polish: szlachta (pl)
• Portuguese: nobreza (pt) f
• Romanian: nobilime (ro), noblețe (ro) f
• Russian: дворя́нство (ru) n (dvorjánstvo), аристокра́тия (ru) f (aristokrátija), знать (ru) f (znatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaisle f, uaisleachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: племство n, властела f, plemstvo (sh) n, vlastela (sh) f
• Spanish: nobleza (es) f
• Swedish: adel (sv) c
• Ukrainian: дворя́нство n (dvorjánstvo)
• Vietnamese: quí tộc (vi)

the quality of being noble

• Asturian: nobleza f
• Catalan: noblesa (ca) f
• Czech: vznešenost f
• Esperanto: nobleco, nobeleco
• Finnish: aateluus (fi)
• French: noblesse (fr)
• Galician: nobreza f
• Greek: αριστοκρατικότητα (el) f (aristokratikótita), αρχοντιά (el) f (archontiá)
• Italian: nobilità f
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• Japanese: 崇高 (ja) (sūkō), 高潔 (kōketsu)
• Latin: nobilitas f, (originally) ingenuitas
• Macedonian: благородност f (blagorodnost)
• Portuguese: nobreza (pt) f
• Romanian: noblețe (ro) f
• Russian: благоро́дство (ru) n (blagoródstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: племенитост f, plemenitost (sh) f
• Spanish: nobleza (es) f
• Turkish: soyluluk (tr)

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