Nobel

See also: nobel

English

Etymology

From Swedish Nobel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəʊˈbɛl/
  • (usually in compounds) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊbɛl/, /-bəl/

Proper noun

Nobel

  1. A surname from Swedish, especially referring to Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and philanthropist.

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Noun

Nobel (plural Nobels)

  1. A Nobel Prize.
    a Nobel-winning author

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nobel, surname of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.bel/, (traditional) /noˈbɛl/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔbel, (traditional) -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: Nò‧bel, (traditional) No‧bèl

Noun

Nobel m (invariable)

  1. Ellipsis of premio Nobel; Nobel Prize
    Enrico Fermi vinse il Nobel per la fisica nel 1938.
    Enrico Fermi won the Nobel in Physics in 1938.

Noun

Nobel m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (metonymically) a Nobel Prize winner

Usage notes

  • Sometimes not capitalized when in its metonymical sense.

References

  1. Nobel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nobel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.bɛl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛl
  • Syllabification: No‧bel

Proper noun

Nobel m pers or f

  1. a masculine surname
  2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

  • Noblowa
  • Noblówna

See also

  • Appendix:Polish surnames

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.ˈbɛu/, /nɔ.ˈbɛu/

Noun

Nobel m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of nobel

Noun

Nobel m or f by sense (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of nobel

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʊˈbɛl/

Proper noun

Nobel c (genitive Nobels)

  1. a surname

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