adj
Meaning 1
Not noble; plebeian; common.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ignoble
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/
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General-American: /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/
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rhymes with -əʊbəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Not honorable; base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
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adj
Meaning 4
Of an element, dangerously reactive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To make ignoble; to bring low.
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adjective
Meaning 6
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude
- I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: noble
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
not of the nobility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- of ignoble (or ungentle) birth
- untitled civilians
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ungentle, untitled
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: ইতৰ (itor) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Bulgarian: неблагороден (neblagoroden) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Bulgarian: простонароден (prostonaroden) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Catalan: innoble — not noble; plebeian; common
- Czech: neurozený — not noble; plebeian; common
- Finnish: alhaissyntyinen — not noble; plebeian; common
- French: ignoble — not noble; plebeian; common
- French: indigne — not noble; plebeian; common
- Greek: αγενής (agenís) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Ancient Greek: ἀγεννής (agennḗs) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Hindi: अनार्य (anārya) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Hindi: अकुलीन (akulīn) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Hindi: सर्वसाधारण (sarvasādhāraṇ) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Hindi: अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Irish: anuasal — not noble; plebeian; common
- Italian: ignobile — not noble; plebeian; common
- Japanese: 平凡な (heibon na) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Japanese: 庶民の (shomin no) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Latin: ignobilis — not noble; plebeian; common
- Macedonian: беден (beden) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Manx: neuooasle — not noble; plebeian; common
- Manx: anooasle — not noble; plebeian; common
- Manx: meeooasle — not noble; plebeian; common
- Portuguese: ignóbil — not noble; plebeian; common
- Russian: простонародный (prostonarodnyj) — not noble; plebeian; common
- Spanish: innoble — not noble; plebeian; common
- Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — not honorable
- Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — not honorable
- Czech: hanebný — not honorable
- Czech: nízký — not honorable
- Czech: pokleslý — not honorable
- Dutch: oneervol — not honorable
- Esperanto: malnobla — not honorable
- Finnish: halpamainen — not honorable
- Finnish: alhainen — not honorable
- Finnish: matalamielinen — not honorable
- French: ignoble — not honorable
- Greek: πρόστυχος (próstychos) — not honorable
- Greek: άτιμος (átimos) — not honorable
- Ancient Greek: ἀγεννής (agennḗs) — not honorable
- Hindi: अप्रतिष्ठित (apratiṣṭhit) — not honorable
- Hindi: नीच (nīc) — not honorable
- Hindi: अनार्य (anārya) — not honorable
- Irish: tútach — not honorable
- Japanese: 卑しい (iyashii) — not honorable
- Japanese: 汚い (kitanai) — not honorable
- Japanese: 醜い (minikui) — not honorable
- Macedonian: нечесен (nečesen) — not honorable
- Polish: niecny — not honorable
- Russian: посты́дный (postýdnyj) — not honorable
- Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — not honorable
- Slovene: nečasten — not honorable
- Spanish: innoble — not honorable
- Swedish: simpel — not honorable
- Swedish: tarvlig — not honorable
- Ottoman Turkish: طمرسز (damarsız) — not honorable
- Ottoman Turkish: صویسز (soysuz) — not honorable