noble

noble, honorable

Qui fait preuve de bonté, d’honnêteté ou de courage digne d’admiration.

En anglais simple : Showing kindness, honesty, or courage that people admire.

• Helping them was a noble act.
• He gave his savings to a noble cause.
• It was noble of you to defend her.

Comment l'utiliser : it is noble of someone to do something (It was noble of her to give the prize money away.)

Synonymes : honorable, admirable, generous

Contraires : dishonorable, ignoble

Expressions courantes : noble act, noble cause, noble of someone, noble character

majestueux, imposant

D’apparence grande, belle et impressionnante.

En anglais simple : Large, beautiful, and impressive in appearance.

• A noble oak stood beside the house.
• We admired the cathedral's noble proportions.
• The palace presented a noble sight against the mountains.

Synonymes : grand, magnificent, stately, splendid

Expressions courantes : noble building, noble proportions, noble oak

noble, aristocrate

Personne appartenant, par sa naissance ou son titre, à la classe sociale traditionnellement la plus élevée d’un pays.

En anglais simple : A person who belongs by birth or title to a country's highest traditional social class.

• The noble lived in a castle.
• Several nobles attended the king's wedding.
• She married a young noble from a wealthy family.

Synonymes : aristocrat, nobleman, noblewoman

Contraires : commoner

Expressions courantes : wealthy noble, young noble, a French noble

noble

Pièce d’or anglaise du Moyen Âge, valant généralement six shillings et huit pence.

En anglais simple : An English gold coin used in the Middle Ages, usually worth six shillings and eight pence.

• The collector bought a gold noble.
• Several medieval nobles were found beneath the floor.
• An English noble usually had a value of six shillings and eight pence.

Expressions courantes : gold noble, English noble, medieval noble