nobre
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnobre m or f (plural nobres)
Derived terms
editNoun
editnobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “nobre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: no‧bre
Adjective
editnobre m or f (plural nobres)
- noble (pertaining to nobility)
- Synonyms: aristocrático, cortês, fidalgo
- Minha família tem sangue nobre.
- My family has noble blood.
- noble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)
- Synonyms: digno, honorável, virtuoso, magnânimo, benevolente
- Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.
- That donation was quite a noble act.
- high-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
- (carpentry, of wood) dense and resistant
- Não tive dinheiro para construir a escadaria de madeira nobre, então usei pinho.
- I didn’t have money to build the staircase with prized wood, so I used pine.
- (cooking, of fish) having few or no bones in its meat
- O atum é um peixe nobre.
- Tuna is a boneless fish.
- (of a neighbourhood or establishment) upper-class; wealthy
Noun
editnobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)
- noble; aristocrat (member of nobility)
- Synonyms: fidalgo, aristocrata
Derived terms
editRelated terms
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- Rhymes:Galician/obɾe
- Rhymes:Galician/obɾe/2 syllables
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