nobre
Portuguese, noun/ˈnɔ.bɾi/
nobre is spelled N-O-B-R-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nobre is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “noble; aristocrat (member of nobility)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa nobre”.
What does nobre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenoble (pertaining to nobility)
Minha família tem sangue nobre.
- 2
femininemasculinenoble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)
Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.
- 3
femininemasculinehigh-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
- 4
femininemasculinedense and resistant
Não tive dinheiro para construir a escadaria de madeira nobre, então usei pinho.
- 5
femininemasculinehaving few or no bones in its meat
O atum é um peixe nobre.
- 6
femininemasculineupper-class; wealthy
Esse é o bairro mais nobre da cidade.
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenoble; aristocrat (member of nobility)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pertencente à nobreza 2. aquele que tem título nobiliárquico 3. de descendência ilustre 4. generoso
noun: 1. pessoa nobre
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 nobre
- nobres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nobre?
- Brazil /ˈnɔ.bɾi/
- Portugal /ˈnɔ.bɾɨ/
- Portugal [ˈnɔ.βɾɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nobre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nobre in Portuguese?
nobre appears 23 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).