"ignoble" meaning in English

See ignoble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ignoble.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ignobler [comparative], ignoblest [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊbəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|ignoble}} Middle French ignoble, {{der|en|la|ignōbilis}} Latin ignōbilis, {{m|la|in-|t=not}} in- (“not”), {{m|la|gnōbilis}} gnōbilis, {{m|la|nōbilis|t=noble}} nōbilis (“noble”) Head templates: {{en-adj|ignobler}} ignoble (comparative ignobler, superlative ignoblest)
  1. Not noble; plebeian; common. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (not noble; plebeian; common): ἀγεννής (agennḗs) (Ancient Greek), ইতৰ (itor) (Assamese), неблагороден (neblagoroden) (Bulgarian), простонароден (prostonaroden) (Bulgarian), alhaissyntyinen (Finnish), indigne (French), αγενής (agenís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), अनार्य (anārya) (Hindi), अकुलीन (akulīn) (Hindi), सर्वसाधारण (sarvasādhāraṇ) (Hindi), अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ) (Hindi), anuasal (Irish), 平凡な (heibon na) (Japanese), 庶民の (shomin no) (Japanese), ignobilis (Latin), neuooasle (Manx), anooasle (Manx), meeooasle (Manx), ignóbil (Portuguese), простонародный (prostonarodnyj) (Russian), innoble (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ignoble-en-adj-aQwrSFlj Disambiguation of Personality: 37 41 21 1 Disambiguation of 'not noble; plebeian; common': 76 12 12
  2. Not honorable; base. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (not honorable): degenerate, mean, base, vile, low-minded, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful Translations (not honorable): ἀγεννής (agennḗs) (Ancient Greek), низък (nizǎk) (Bulgarian), долен (dolen) (Bulgarian), oneervol (Dutch), malnobla (Esperanto), halpamainen (Finnish), alhainen (Finnish), matalamielinen (Finnish), ignoble (French), πρόστυχος (próstychos) [masculine] (Greek), άτιμος (átimos) [masculine] (Greek), अप्रतिष्ठित (apratiṣṭhit) (Hindi), नीच (nīc) (Hindi), अनार्य (anārya) (Hindi), 卑しい (iyashii) (Japanese), 汚い (kitanai) (Japanese), 醜い (minikui) (Japanese), طمرسز (damarsız) (Ottoman Turkish), niecny (Polish), посты́дный (postýdnyj) (Russian), ни́зкий (nízkij) (Russian), nečasten [masculine] (Slovene), innoble (Spanish), simpel (Swedish), tarvlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ignoble-en-adj-FO7n8CJs Disambiguation of Personality: 37 41 21 1 Disambiguation of 'not honorable': 21 65 14 Disambiguation of 'not honorable': 21 65 14
  3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-ignoble-en-adj-EK6RV2n4 Disambiguation of Personality: 37 41 21 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: common [common], plebeian [common], vulgar [common] Derived forms: ignobility, ignobleness, ignobly

Verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ignoble.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ignobles [present, singular, third-person], ignobling [participle, present], ignobled [participle, past], ignobled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊbəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|ignoble}} Middle French ignoble, {{der|en|la|ignōbilis}} Latin ignōbilis, {{m|la|in-|t=not}} in- (“not”), {{m|la|gnōbilis}} gnōbilis, {{m|la|nōbilis|t=noble}} nōbilis (“noble”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ignoble (third-person singular simple present ignobles, present participle ignobling, simple past and past participle ignobled)
  1. To make ignoble; to bring low.
    Sense id: en-ignoble-en-verb-jDsy--cu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 20 15 48

Inflected forms

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        "To make ignoble; to bring low."
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      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "degenerate"
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      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "mean"
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      "sense": "not honorable",
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    {
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "vile"
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    {
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "low-minded"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "reproachful"
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    {
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "shameful"
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    {
      "sense": "not honorable",
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "itor",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "ইতৰ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neblagoroden",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "неблагороден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prostonaroden",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "простонароден"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "alhaissyntyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "indigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agenís",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αγενής"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "agennḗs",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "ἀγεννής"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anārya",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "अनार्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "akulīn",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "अकुलीन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sarvasādhāraṇ",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "सर्वसाधारण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aśiṣṭ",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "अशिष्ट"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "anuasal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heibon na",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "平凡な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shomin no",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "庶民の"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "ignobilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "neuooasle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "anooasle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "meeooasle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "ignóbil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostonarodnyj",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "простонародный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not noble; plebeian; common",
      "word": "innoble"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nizǎk",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "низък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dolen",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "долен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "oneervol"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "malnobla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "halpamainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "alhainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "matalamielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "ignoble"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próstychos",
      "sense": "not honorable",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόστυχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "átimos",
      "sense": "not honorable",
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      "word": "άτιμος"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "ἀγεννής"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "apratiṣṭhit",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "अप्रतिष्ठित"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nīc",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "नीच"
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      "roman": "anārya",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "अनार्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "iyashii",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "卑しい"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitanai",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "汚い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minikui",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "醜い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "damarsız",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "طمرسز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "niecny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postýdnyj",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "посты́дный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nízkij",
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      "word": "ни́зкий"
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not honorable",
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      "word": "nečasten"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "innoble"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "simpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not honorable",
      "word": "tarvlig"
    }
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}

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