- Noble birth or condition.
- 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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no·blesse (nō-blĕs') ![]() |
[Middle English, from Old French, from noble, noble, from Latin nōbilis. See noble.]
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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)
| Wikipedia: Noblesse |
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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Français (French)
n. - noblesse
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Noblesse, Adel
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αριστοκρατικότητα
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - nobreza (f)
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Русский (Russian)
благородное происхождение
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Español (Spanish)
n. - nobleza
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - adel, adelskap, nobless
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
贵族阶级
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貴族階級
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 귀족[사회], 고귀한 신분
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高貴の生まれ, 貴族
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طبقه النبلاء في فرنسا
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אצילות, אצולה
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