nobility

Adel, Aristokratie

Menschen aus Familien mit hohem gesellschaftlichem Rang, deren Titel oft von Eltern an Kinder weitergegeben werden.

In einfachem Englisch: People from families with high social rank, often with titles passed from parents to children.

• The nobility owned most of the land.
• Members of the nobility gathered at the palace.
• Her family married into the French nobility.

Synonyme: aristocracy

Häufige Wendungen: the nobility, local nobility, member of nobility

Edelmut, Seelengröße

Die Eigenschaft, ehrlich, großzügig und achtenswert zu sein.

In einfachem Englisch: The quality of being honest, generous, and deserving respect.

• He showed nobility by forgiving them.
• We admired her nobility of character.
• There was quiet nobility in the way he cared for strangers.

So benutzt man es: nobility of something (Her actions revealed a nobility of spirit.)

Synonyme: goodness, magnanimity

Gegenteile: meanness

Häufige Wendungen: nobility of character, nobility of spirit, show nobility