Phrase guide

Nobel Prize

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /noʊˈbɛl ˌpɹaɪz/
  • General-American: /ˈnoʊˌbɛl ˈpɹaɪz/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَائِزَةْ نُوبِل (jāʔizat nūbil) — international prize
  • Armenian: Նոբելյան մրցանակ (Nobelyan mrcʻanak) — international prize
  • Basque: Nobel Sari — international prize
  • Belarusian: Но́белеўская прэ́мія (Nóbjeljewskaja prémija) — international prize
  • Bengali: নোবেল পুরস্কার (nōbel puroskar) — international prize
  • Burmese: နိုဘဲလ်ဆု (nuibhailhcu.) — international prize
  • Burmese: နိုဘယ်ဆု (nuibhaihcu.) — international prize
  • Chinese Mandarin: 諾貝爾獎 /诺贝尔奖 (Nuòbèi'ěr-jiǎng) — international prize
  • Cornish: Pewas Nobel — international prize
  • Czech: Nobelova cena — international prize
  • Dutch: Nobelprijs — international prize
  • Esperanto: Nobel-premio — international prize
  • Faroese: Nobelheiðursløn — international prize
  • Finnish: Nobel-palkinto — international prize
  • Finnish: nobel — international prize
  • French: prix Nobel — international prize
  • Galician: Premio Nobel — international prize
  • Georgian: ნობელის პრემია (nobelis ṗremia) — international prize
  • German: Nobelpreis — international prize
  • Greek: βραβείο Νόμπελ (vraveío Nómpel) — international prize
  • Hindi: नोबेल पुरस्कार (nobel puraskār) — international prize
  • Hungarian: Nobel-díj — international prize
  • Indonesian: Hadiah nobel — international prize
  • Italian: premio Nobel — international prize
  • Japanese: ノーベル賞 (Nōberu-shō) — international prize
  • Khmer: រង្វាន់ណូបែល (rɔɔngvŏənnoubael) — international prize
  • Korean: 노벨상 (Nobelsang) — international prize
  • Luxembourgish: Nobelpräis — international prize
  • Macedonian: Нобелова награда (Nobelova nagrada) — international prize
  • Marathi: नोबेल पुरस्कार (nobel puraskār) — international prize
  • Mongolian: Нобелийн шагнал (Nobeliin šagnal) — international prize
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nobelpris — international prize
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nobelpris — international prize
  • Persian: جایزه نوبل (jâyeze nobel) — international prize
  • Portuguese: prémio Nobel — international prize
  • Portuguese: prêmio Nobel — international prize
  • Portuguese: nobel — international prize
  • Romanian: Premiul Nobel — international prize
  • Romanian: premiul Nobel — international prize
  • Russian: Но́белевская пре́мия (Nóbelevskaja prémija) — international prize
  • Spanish: Premio Nobel — international prize
  • Swahili: tuzo ya Nobel — international prize
  • Swedish: Nobelpris — international prize
  • Tamil: நோபல் பரிசு (nōpal paricu) — international prize
  • Telugu: నోబెల్ బహుమతి (nōbel bahumati) — international prize
  • Thai: รางวัลโนเบล — international prize
  • Turkish: Nobel Ödülü — international prize
  • Ukrainian: Но́белівська пре́мія (Nóbelivsʹka prémija) — international prize
  • Urdu: نوبل انعام (nobil in'ām) — international prize
  • Uyghur: نوبېل مۇكاپاتى (nobël mukapati) — international prize
  • Vietnamese: giải Nobel — international prize
  • Vietnamese: giải thưởng Nobel — international prize
  • Yiddish: נאָבעל פּרײַז (nobel prayz) — international prize