nobility

nobility

English

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈbɪlɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) 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, noblesse, upper class

   Antonym: plebeian

2. (uncountable) The quality of being noble.

   Synonyms: aristocracy, nobleness, noblesse

   Antonyms: meanness, ignobility

Translations

noble or privileged social class

Albanian: fisnikëri (sq) Afrikaans: adel,adelstand Arabic: نُبْل‎ m (nubl), نَبَالَة‎ f (nabāla) Armenian: ազնվականություն (hy) (aznvakanutʿyun) Asturian: nobleza (ast) f Belarusian: двара́нства n (dvaránstva), шля́хта f (šljáxta) Bulgarian: аристокра́ция (bg) f (aristokrácija), дворя́нство (bg) n (dvorjánstvo) Catalan: noblesa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 貴族／贵族 (zh) (guìzú) Czech: šlechta (cs) f Dutch: adel (nl) Esperanto: nobelaro Estonian: aadel (et) Finnish: aateli (fi) French: noblesse (fr) f Friulian: nobiltât f Galician: nobreza f Georgian: თავადაზნაურობა (tavadaznauroba), არისტოკრატია (arisṭoḳraṭia) German: Adel (de) m, Aristokratie (de) f, Nobilität (de) Greek: αριστοκρατία (el) f (aristokratía) Ancient: εὐγένεια f (eugéneia) Hebrew: אצולה‎ f (atzula) Hungarian: nemesség (hu) Italian: nobiltà (it) f Japanese: 貴族 (ja) (kizoku) Korean: 귀족 (ko) (gwijok) Latin: nōbilitās f Macedonian: благородништво n (blagorodništvo), дворјанство n (dvorjanstvo) Old English: æþelnes f, æþelu f or n Plautdietsch: Odel m 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), шля́хта (ru) f (šljáxta) (Polish) Scottish Gaelic: uaisle f, uaisleachd f Serbo-Croatian: племство n, властела f, plemstvo (sh) n, vlastela (sh) f Slovak: šľachta f Slovene: plemstvo (sl) n Spanish: nobleza (es) f Swedish: adel (sv) c Tocharian B: klyomñe Ukrainian: дворя́нство n (dvorjánstvo), шля́хта f (šljáxta) (especially Polish) Vietnamese: quí tộc (vi) Yiddish: אַדל‎ m (adl)

the quality of being noble

Arabic: فَخَامَة‎ f (faḵāma), شَهَامَة‎ f (šahāma) Asturian: nobleza (ast) f Bulgarian: благородство (bg) n (blagorodstvo) Catalan: noblesa (ca) f Czech: vznešenost f Esperanto: nobleco, nobeleco Finnish: aateluus (fi) French: noblesse (fr) Friulian: nobiltât f Galician: nobreza f German: Adeligkeit f, Blaublütigkeit f, Nobilität (de) f Greek: αριστοκρατικότητα (el) f (aristokratikótita), αρχοντιά (el) f (archontiá) Italian: nobilità f Japanese: 崇高 (ja) (sūkō), 高潔 (ja) (kōketsu) Latin: nobilitas f, (originally) ingenuitas Macedonian: благородност f (blagorodnost) Old English: æþelnes f 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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