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nobilă

noble /noˈbilə/

adjective#5420 most common

Also: noblewoman, high-minded, aristocratic

Example sentences

Ea este o femeie nobilă.
She is a noble woman.
Câinele are o inimă nobilă.
The dog has a noble heart.
A luptat pentru o cauză nobilă.
She fought for a noble cause.
Medicina este considerată o meserie nobilă.
Medicine is considered a noble profession.
Familia ei are o obârșie nobilă, cu rădăcini în vechea aristocrație.
Her family has noble origins, with roots in the old aristocracy.
Deși intenția ei era nobilă, decizia a stârnit controverse aprinse în rândul consilierilor.
Although her intention was noble, the decision sparked heated controversy among the advisors.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativenobilănobile
Genitivenobilenobile
Accusativenobilănobile
Vocativenobilănobile

Word family

nobilnoble (masculine form)
nobilimethe nobility, the noble class
noblețenobleness, nobility of character
înnobilato ennoble, to make noble
nobiliarpertaining to the nobility

Etymology

Nobilă is the feminine form of nobil, from Latin nobilis, meaning well known or of high standing. Nobilis itself came from an older form gnobilis, tied to the verb gnoscere, cognoscere, to know. The sense shifted from known to well known to socially eminent, and finally to noble by birth or character.

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