Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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noble

UK /ˈnəʊbəl/ · US /ˈnoʊbəl/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms nobles nobler noblest

  1. noun An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. “This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.”
  2. noun (historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
  3. adjective Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. “He made a noble effort.”
  4. adjective Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid. “a noble edifice”
  5. adjective Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn. “noble blood; a noble personage”
  6. adjective (chemistry) Of an element, unreactive.
  7. adjective (wine) Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
  8. adjective (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.
  9. proper noun A surname.
  10. proper noun A male given name.
  11. proper noun A village in Richland County, Illinois.
  12. proper noun A township and unincorporated community therein, in Jay County, Indiana.
  13. proper noun An unincorporated community in Washington County, Iowa.
  14. proper noun A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
  15. proper noun An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.
  16. proper noun A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.

Synonyms

great honorable superior Lord nobleman baronial imposing stately

Antonyms

commoner plebeian despicable ignoble mean vile inferior lowborn

Etymology

From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”).
False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

From noble.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
  2. adjective Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
  3. noun A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
  4. noun An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.

Etymology [F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr.noscere to know. See know.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “noble”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “noble” (best matches first).

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