nobility

English

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈbɪlɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈbɪlɪti/, /nəˈbɪlɪti/

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• 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

Derived terms

• black nobility

 

Translations

noble or privileged social class

• Afrikaans: adel, adelstand
• Albanian: fisnikëri (sq)
• Arabic: نُبْل m (nubl), نَبَالَة f (nabāla)
• Armenian: ազնվականություն (hy) (aznvakanutʻyun)
• 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)
• Faroese: aðal m
• Finnish: aateli (fi)
• French: noblesse (fr) f
• Friulian: nobiltât f
• Galician: nobreza (gl) 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)
• Irish: uaisle f
• 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 (gl) f
• German: Adeligkeit f, Blaublütigkeit f, Nobilität (de) f
• Greek: αριστοκρατικότητα (el) f (aristokratikótita), αρχοντιά (el) f (archontiá)
• Irish: uaisleacht f
• 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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