noble

Senso (Inglese)

Opposto di
commoner, plebeian, despicable, ignoble, mean, vile, inferior
Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈnəʊbəl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”). False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

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