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English

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈbɪlɪti/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈbɪlɪti/, /nəˈbɪlɪti/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

nobility (countable and uncountable, plural nobilities)

A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
Synonyms: aristocracy, noblesse, upper class

Antonym: plebeian

The castle was once home to the Scottish nobility.

Titles of nobility were passed down through generations.
(uncountable) The quality of being noble.
Synonyms: aristocracy, nobleness, noblesse

Antonyms: meanness, ignobility

He displayed nobility of character when helping his rivals.

Derived terms

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
Danish: adel (da) c
Dutch: adel (nl) m
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 Greek: 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) f
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)

Anagrams

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