noble

高潔な、立派な

人に尊敬される優しさや正直さ、勇気を示す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： honorable, admirable, generous

反対語： dishonorable, ignoble

よく使う表現： noble act, noble cause, noble of someone, noble character

壮麗な、堂々とした

大きく美しく、見る人を圧倒するような姿の。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： grand, magnificent, stately, splendid

よく使う表現： noble building, noble proportions, noble oak

貴族

生まれや称号によって、その国の伝統的な最上位の身分に属する人。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： aristocrat, nobleman, noblewoman

反対語： commoner

よく使う表現： wealthy noble, young noble, a French noble

ノーブル金貨

中世イングランドの金貨。通常は６シリング８ペンスの価値があった。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： gold noble, English noble, medieval noble