snob

See also: Snob

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• enPR: snŏb, IPA^(key): /snɒb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

snob (plural snobs)

Wikipedia

1. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57:

     The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […].

2. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:

     'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'

   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt:

     I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.

3. (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
   • 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:

     If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.

Derived terms

• snobbery
• snobbish
• snobby

Coordinate terms

• posh
• social climber

Translations

person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes

• Arabic: متعالي m (muta3alii)

  Egyptian Arabic: متعالي (muta3alii)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勢利的人, 势利的人 (shìlì de rén)

• Czech: snob (cs) m
• Danish: snob c
• Dutch: snob (nl) m, f
• Finnish: snobi (fi)
• French: snob (fr) m, f
• German: Snob (de) m, Wichtigtuer (de) m, Schnösel (de) m, Schickimicki m
• Greek: σνομπ (el) m, f (snomp), ψηλομύτης (el) m (psilomýtis), ακατάδεκτος (el) m (akatádektos)
• Hebrew: סנוב m (snob)
• Hungarian: sznob (hu)
• Icelandic: snobb n

• Italian: snob (it) m, f
• Japanese: スノッブ (sunobbu)
• Maltese: pepè, mnieħru mxammar m, mnieħirha mxammar f
• Persian: فخرفروشی
• Portuguese: esnobe (pt) m, f
• Romanian: snob (ro) m
• Russian: сноб (ru) m (snob), зазнайка (ru) m (zaznájka)
• Scottish Gaelic: sodalan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сноб m

  Roman: snob (sh) m

• Slovak: snob m
• Spanish: esnob (es) m, f, fresa f (Mexico), pijo (es) m, pituco (es) m, siútico (es)
• Swedish: snobb (sv) c

Anagrams

• bo's'n
• nobs

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Pronunciation

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Noun

snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n)

1. snob

Anagrams

• bons

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French

Etymology

From English snob

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snɔb/

Adjective

snob (masculine and feminine, plural snobs)

1. snobbish, snobby

   J’suis snob… J’suis snob…
   C’est vraiment l’seul défaut que j’gobe. (Boris Vian, J’suis snob, 1954)

Noun

snob m, f (plural snobs)

1. snob

   C’est un snob.

Derived terms

• snober
• snobinard
• snobisme
• snobissime

Anagrams

• bons

External links

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

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

snob m (invariable)

1. snob

Adjective

snob (invariable)

1. snobbish

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snôb/

Noun

snȍb m (Cyrillic spelling сно̏б)

1. snob

Declension

    declension of snob

	singular	plural
nominative	snȍb	snòbovi
genitive	snoba	snobova
dative	snobu	snobovima
accusative	snoba	snobove
vocative	snobe	snobovi
locative	snobu	snobovima
instrumental	snobom	snobovima

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Slovak

Noun

snob m (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi), declension pattern chlap

1. snob

External links

• snob in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk