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say it: NOH-buhl
noble is an adjective and noun meaning "impressive in appearance". It is pronounced /ˈnoʊbəl/ — NOH-buhl. It carries 5 recorded senses.
impressive in appearance
“a baronial mansion”
“an imposing residence”
“a noble tree”
“severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses”
“stately columns”
of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
“of noble birth”
having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
“a noble spirit”
“noble deeds”
inert especially toward oxygen
“a noble gas such as helium or neon”
“noble metals include gold and silver and platinum”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for noble come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.