From Middle English, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis, from nōscere, gnōscere.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnəʊbəl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈnoʊbəl/

noble (plural nobles)

1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

   Antonyms: commoner, plebeian

   This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.

2. (historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]
   • 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:

     I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.

   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

     And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 93:

     There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

• French: noble, aristocrate, nobliau (derogatory)
• German: Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige, Aristokrat, Aristokratin, Edelmann, Edelfrau, Edeldame, Edelfräulein (young, unmarried), Edler, Edle
• Portuguese: nobre
• Russian: аристокра́т
• Spanish: noble

• German: Nobel

noble (comparative nobler, superlative noblest)

1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

   Synonyms: great, honorable

   Antonyms: despicable, ignoble, mean, vile

   He made a noble effort.

   He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.

2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.

   a noble edifice

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:

     He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […] , the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

3. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

   Synonyms: superior

   Antonyms: inferior, plebeian

   noble blood; a noble personage

4. (chemistry) Of an element, unreactive.
5. (winemaking) Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
6. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.

• French: noble, aristocratique
• German: nobel, edel, großzügig, großmütig, hehr
• Italian: nobile
• Portuguese: nobre
• Russian: благоро́дный
• Spanish: noble

• German: adlig, aristokratisch, vornehm, nobel, erhaben, erlaucht, prächtig, stattlich
• Italian: nobile, aristocratico
• Russian: благоро́дный

• Italian: splendido

1. Surname.
2. A male given name.
3. A number of places in USA:
   1. A village in Richland County, Illinois.
   2. A twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in Jay County.
   3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Iowa.
   4. A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
   5. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.
   6. A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
   7. A number of other townships in the USA, listed under Noble Township.

1. (US) Initialism of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives