nobre

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnobɾe/ [ˈno.β̞ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -obɾe
• Hyphenation: no‧bre

Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

1. noble

Derived terms

• nobremente

Noun

nobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)

1. noble

Related terms

• ennobrecer
• nobreza

 

Further reading

• “nobre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɾɨ/ [ˈnɔ.βɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: no‧bre

Adjective

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

1. noble (pertaining to nobility)

   Synonyms: aristocrático, cortês, fidalgo

   Minha família tem sangue nobre.

   My family has noble blood.

2. noble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)

   Synonyms: digno, honorável, virtuoso, magnânimo, benevolente

   Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.

   That donation was quite a noble act.

3. high-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
4. (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.

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

   O atum é um peixe nobre.

   Tuna is a boneless fish.

6. (of a neighbourhood or establishment) upper-class; wealthy

   Synonyms: rico, burguês

   Esse é o bairro mais nobre da cidade.

   This is the wealthiest neighbourhood in town.

Noun

nobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)

1. noble; aristocrat (member of nobility)

   Synonyms: fidalgo, aristocrata

Related terms

• enobrecer
• nobilita
• nobilitação
• nobilizar
• nobrecente
• nobrecer
• nobrecimento
• nobremente
• nobreza
• nobrezia