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noblesse oblige

Portuguese, noun

noblesse oblige is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “noblesse oblige (the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does noblesse oblige mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinenoblesse oblige (the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. ver nobreza obriga

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.