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noblesse

 
Dictionary: no·blesse   (nō-blĕs') pronunciation
n.
  1. Noble birth or condition.
  2. The members of the nobility, especially the French nobility.

[Middle English, from Old French, from noble, noble, from Latin nōbilis. See noble.]


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noun

    Noble rank or status by birth: birth, blood, blue blood, nobility. See kin, over/under.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being of noble birth
  Synonym: nobility

Meaning #2: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)


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In Scotland, the name used for the titled and untitled nobility.[1] The term, derived from the French, remains in use in grants of arms from the Court of the Lord Lyon, the Scottish king of arms.[citation needed]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - adel

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    adel forpligter

Nederlands (Dutch)
noblesse

Français (French)
n. - noblesse

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    noblesse oblige

Deutsch (German)
n. - Noblesse, Adel

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    Adel verpflichtet

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αριστοκρατικότητα

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    η ευγένεια υποχρεώνει

Italiano (Italian)
nobiltà

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    noblesse oblige

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nobreza (f)

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    obrigação moral da nobreza

Русский (Russian)
благородное происхождение

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    положение обязывает

Español (Spanish)
n. - nobleza

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    nobleza obliga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - adel, adelskap, nobless

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
贵族阶级

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    地位高则责任重, 贵人应有的品德

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貴族階級

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    地位高則責任重, 貴人應有的品德

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 귀족[사회], 고귀한 신분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高貴の生まれ, 貴族

idioms:

  • noblesse oblige    高い身分に伴う義務

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طبقه النبلاء في فرنسا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אצילות, אצולה‬


 
 
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