nobel
Portuguese, noun
nobel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of prémio Nobel /prêmio Nobel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nobel is a different word: “alternative form of nobel”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “premiação sueca”.
What does nobel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of prémio Nobel /prêmio Nobel
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea Nobel Prize winner
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of nobel
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of nobel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. premiação sueca
noun: 1. premiação sueca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nobel
- nobéis plural
- Nobel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nobel in Portuguese?
nobel appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).