noble

nobile, onorevole

Che dimostra bontà, onestà o coraggio degni di ammirazione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: it is noble of someone to do something (It was noble of her to give the prize money away.)

Sinonimi: honorable, admirable, generous

Contrari: dishonorable, ignoble

Espressioni comuni: noble act, noble cause, noble of someone, noble character

maestoso, imponente

Grande, bello e imponente nell’aspetto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: grand, magnificent, stately, splendid

Espressioni comuni: noble building, noble proportions, noble oak

nobile, aristocratico

Persona che per nascita o titolo appartiene alla classe sociale tradizionalmente più alta di un paese.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: aristocrat, nobleman, noblewoman

Contrari: commoner

Espressioni comuni: wealthy noble, young noble, a French noble

noble

Moneta d’oro inglese del Medioevo, solitamente del valore di sei scellini e otto penny.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: gold noble, English noble, medieval noble