noble

Definitions

1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
3. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
4. Of an element, unreactive.
5. Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
6. Both isohedral and isogonal.

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةأصيلحسيبرفيعسيدشامخشريفعصاميكريممجيدنبيلهجان+ 8 more

Bosanskičelebigospodskiplemenitvelikodušanвеликодушанплеменит+ 3 more

Češtinanoblesníšlechetnýšlechtickýušlechtilývznešený+ 2 more

Ελληνικάαριστοκρατικόςάριστοςαρχοντικόςευγενής+ 1 more

Suomiaatelinenjalojalosukuinenkemppiyleväylhäylhäinenylväs+ 5 more

Gàidhligsàr

Galegonobrerico

עבריתאצילנאצל

हिन्दीउदारनिष्क्रियशरीफ़

Hrvatskičelebigospodskiplemenitvelikodušanвеликодушанплеменит+ 3 more

Bahasa Indonesiakarimmahardikamuliatinggi+ 1 more

Italianoaristocraticonobilesplendido

日本語いさぎよい偉い官家尊尊い殿気高い清い貴貴い隆高貴+ 9 more

한국어숭고하다

Kurdîasilkibar

Latinacelsuserectuseugeneusexcelsegenerosusillustrismagnanimusnobilisoptimaspatriciusperfectuspraeclaruspulchersplendidus+ 11 more

Latviešucēls

Nederlandsnobel

Polskiprawdziwyszczytnyszlacheckiszlachetnyzbożny+ 2 more

Portuguêsnobre

Русскийблагородный

Српскиčelebigospodskiplemenitvelikodušanвеликодушанплеменит+ 3 more

Svenskaädelförnämförnämlighögsinnadhögsintnobel+ 3 more

ไทยดีอริยอารย

Türkçeasalasilhanedankibarnecipsoyluyüce gönüllüzade+ 5 more

Українськаблагороднийпоряднийшляхетний

Tiếng Việtcao cảcao đẹpcao quýcao thượngquý pháithanh tao+ 3 more

Examples

“He made a noble effort.”

“He is a noble man who would never put⟳ his family in jeopardy.”

“Korben, I realize⟳ you must be pretty mad at me. But I want⟳ you to know⟳ that I am fighting for a noble cause. / Yes, you're trying to save⟳ the world. I remember⟳.”

“Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight⟳ the good fight⟳ with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible?”

“a noble edifice”

“He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have⟳ their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”

“noble blood; a noble personage”

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