noble
French
adj
Definitions
- noble, aristocratic
- (of material) non-synthetic, natural; fine
- noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French noble derived from Latin nōbilis (excellent, of noble birth, high-born, celebrated, noble, well-known, knowable, known, famous).
Origin
Latin
nōbilis
Gloss
excellent, of noble birth, high-born, celebrated, noble, well-known, knowable, known, famous
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antinoble English
- ennoble English
- nobilify English
- noble English
- noblebright English
- nobleman English
- nobleness English
- nobler English
- noblewoman English
- nobly English
- nonnoble English
- unnoble English
- ignobilis Latin
- nobilis Latin
- nōbilis Latin
- nōscō Latin
- pernobilis Latin
- Noblesse German
- nobel German
- nobile Italian
- ennoblir French
- ennoblissement French
- nobiliaire French
- noblement French
- noblesse French
- noble Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- noble Middle English
- ennoblir Old French
- noble Old French
- noblement Old French
- malnobla Esperanto
- nobla Esperanto
- noble Catalan, Valencian
- nobel Middle Dutch
- nobla Ido
- noble Middle French
- nobre Old Portuguese
- nobleche ONF.