nobre

nobre

Galician

Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

1. noble

Related terms

• nobremente

Further reading

• “nobre” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“I know; I recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾe/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.βɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: no‧bre

Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres, comparable)

1. noble (pertaining to nobility)

   Minha família tem sangue nobre.

   My family has noble blood.

2. noble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)

   Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.

   That donation was quite a noble act.

3. high-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
   1. (carpentry, of wood) dense and resistant

      Não tive dinheiro para construir a escadaria de madeira nobre, então usei pinho.

      I didn’t have money to build the staircase with prized wood, so I used pine.

   2. (cooking, of fish) having few or no bones in its meat

      O atum é um peixe nobre.

      Tuna is a boneless fish.

Synonyms

• (pertaining to nobility): aristocrático, cortês, fidalgo
• (having honourable qualities): digno, honorável, virtuoso

Derived terms

• bairro nobre
• causa nobre
• zona nobre

Noun

nobre m, f (plural nobres)

1. noble; aristocrat

Synonyms

• (noble; aristocrat): aristocrata, fidalgo

Related terms

• enobrecer
• nobilita
• nobilitação
• nobilizar

• nobrecente
• nobrecer
• nobrecimento

• nobremente
• nobreza
• nobrezia