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Nobel

Definition: Nobel

Nobel

Noun

1. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Nobel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

"Nobel" is a common misspelling or typo for: noble.

 

Synonyms: Nobel

Synonyms: Alfred Bernhard Nobel (n), Alfred Nobel (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: Nobel Foundation (general), Nobel peace prize (politics & international affaires), Nobel Prize (general), Nobel Prize Winner, Norwegian Nobel Institute (public administration).

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Crosswords: Nobel

English words defined with "Nobel": Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Alfred Nobel, ascertainBardeencapital of Sweden, Churchill, count, CuriedetermineEliot, Ernest Hemingwayfind, find outHemingwayJohn BardeenMadame Curie, Marie Curie, Marya SklodowskaNobel Laureate, Nobel prize, Nobelist, numberSir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, StockholmT. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns EliotWinston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Nobel": Alfven wavesrelativity, Theory of. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Nobel" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (noble), German (classy, extravagant, generous, handsome, lavish, Nobel, noble, nobly, posh, ritzy, swish), Serbo-Croatian (nobel).

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Modern Usage: Nobel

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I've a strong suspicion we should have been rocket scientists, or Nobel Peace Prize winners or something. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

You know, I studied under a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and you know what he taught me? (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I think you should try some of that Nobel Prize winner sperm. (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

Whaddaya think, a fly? Am I becoming a hundred-and-eighty-five-pound fly? I may be becoming something that's never existed before. I'm becoming Brundlefly. Don't you think that's worth a Nobel Prize or two? (The Fly; writing credit: David Cronenberg; George Langelaan)

Then I should be hearing from the Nobel committee any day now. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

Movie/TV Titles

El Premio Nobel del amor (1972)

The Story of Alfred Nobel (1939)

Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002)

Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nobel

DomainTitle

References

  • Akzo Nobel N.V.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nobel Biocare AB (publ): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself: The Nobel Prize Speech and Other Lectures (reference)

  • A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash (reference)

  • Alfred Nobel and the Story of the Nobel Prize (The Great Achiever Awards) (reference)

  • A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 (reference)

  • Sources of Four Plays Ascribed to Shakespeare: The Reign of King Edward Iii, Sir Thomas More, the History of Cardenio, the Two Nobel Kinsmen (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Gorbachev Awarded Nobel Peace (reference)

  • Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti: Nobel Jubilee Concert (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Nobel

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Nobel

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Front of the medal of the Nobel Prize, featuring a profile of Alfred Nobel.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Riccardo Giacconi, the "father of X-ray astronomy," has received the Nobel Prize in physics ...Credit: NASA.

Figure 43. Bergius pneumatic sounder. No documentation could be found for the design, construction, or testing of this instrument. It is probable that this instrument was created in the early Twentieth Century by Friedrich Bergius, a 1931 Nobel Prize winner, for study of high pressure chemical reactions.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Marshall Nirenberg's Nobel Prize medal and citation ...Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Centenaire de Jules Bordet : Prix Nobel de Médecine 1919.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"I won the Nobel Prize for literature. What was your crime?".Credit: Library of Congress.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, co-inventors William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain being honored during the IEEE INTERCON in New York City. Each of the Nobel Laureates receiving a special gold medal dona.Credit: Library of Congress.

Vincent du Vigneaud, Nobel prize winner in chemistry, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly left.Credit: Library of Congress.

Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine foreign minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1936, half-length portrait, facing right, standing at a podium, speaking.Credit: Library of Congress.

To the Nobel Peace Prize Committee -- the undersigned direct this petition to your attention for the purpose of suggesting ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Nobel

AuthorQuotation

Alfred Nobel

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nobel

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Among them are 97 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize for achievement in medicine. (references)

Famous people who are known or rumored to have had epilepsy include the Russian writer Dostoyevsky, the philosopher Socrates, the military general Napoleon, and the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel prize. (references)

Business

Major paint manufacturers are Akzo Nobel and Becker. (references)

The largest chemical company, Nobel Industries AB, merged in 1994 with the Dutch company Akzo to become Akzo Nobel, with head office in Netherlands. (references)

Eka Chemicals (owned by Akzo Nobel) is the only remaining large producer of chlorine for retail sale. In the pulp bleaching process, chlorine has been completely replaced by oxygen, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone applied in special sequences. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

However, some observers saw the decision of senior government officials not to meet with the mainland-born Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, during the his January visit to Hong Kong as deference to PRC displeasure with the award to the exiled writer. (references)

Burma

During the year, Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to attend a ceremony in Oslo honoring her on the 10th anniversary of her receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. On August 24, 2000, she was prevented from traveling to an NLD party meeting in Kungyangon, in the near vicinity of Rangoon, resulting in a 9-day roadside standoff, during which time she was denied access to her political followers. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Arias' efforts earned him the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

Also in August, indigenous leader and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum announced that she would solicit the assistance of a Mexican forensic anthropology team to work in conducting exhumations. (references)

Political Economy

Burma

Since October 2000, the Government has met with NLD general secretary and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi regarding the terms of a potential future transition to democracy. (references)

Travel

Sweden

The Christmas celebration actually begins when the country shuts down for the Nobel prize ceremonies December 10, and the St Lucia festival December 13. Business is usually back to normal after Orthodox Christmas in January. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Nobel

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

Maybe some of the more demented stoners will mix so many weird chemicals, they'll stumble onto a cure for cancer in their pursuit of a buzz that could win the Nobel Peace Pipe.

Rush Limbaugh

At least when Hitler invaded Poland, Neville Chamberlain admitted his mistake. Clinton simply followed in the footsteps of another foreign policy luminary, the Nobel Appease Prize-winning Jimmy Carter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Nobel

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina for his non-violent advocacy of human rights.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Nobel

"Nobel" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nobel" is used about 374 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%37414,574

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Nobel

The following table summarizes the usage of "Nobel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
NobelLast name20033,169
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Nobel

CountryNameCountryName
Netherlands

Akzo Nobel N.V.

Sweden

Nobel Biocare AB (publ)

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Nobel

Expressions using "Nobel": Alfred Bernhard Nobel Alfred Nobel Nobel Laureate nobel peace prize nobel peace prizewinner Nobel prize nobel prize winner Nobel prizes nobel prizewinner. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Nobel": nobel-minded, Nobel-prize-winning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nobel

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

barn nobel

488

dynamit nobel

26

nobel prize

446

nobel phone card

26

akzo nobel

244

barnes and nobel book store

26

nobel peace prize

239

nobel learning community

26

nobel

198

smith and nobel

24

nobel prize winner

149

1998 conference dalai in lamas laureates nobel november peace speech

24

barnes nobel.com

143

1912 nobel peace prize winner

24

1930 nobel physicist

126

nobel calling card

20

alfred nobel

110

nobel laureates

19

2 first nobel prize science scientist who win

78

1912 nobel peace prize

19

2 first nobel prize science scientist win

74

nobel sysco

18

nobel peace prize winner

66

john nash nobel

18

nobel prize science

48

middle nobel school

17

nobel premios

43

nobel prize science winner

17

nobel biocare

42

nobel prize in literature

17

nobel prize for literature

42

de literatura nobel premio

16

nobel premio

40

2 nobel prize science

15

dyno nobel

37

barnes and nobel book seller

15

barnes and nobel book

35

nobel prize economics

14

barn and nobel book

31

akzo nobel coating

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nobel

Language Translations for "Nobel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

諾貝爾 , 诺贝". (various references)

   

Czech

  

nositel nobelovy ceny (nobel prize winner). (various references)

   

Danish

  

Nobel-stiftelsen (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Nobel-prismodtager (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Nobel-pris (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Nobelstichting (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Nobelprijswinnaar (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Nobelprijs (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Nobel-kirjailija (Nobel laureate, Nobel prize-winning writer). (various references)

   

French

  

nobel de la paix (nobel peace prizewinner), Prix Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Lauréat du Prix Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), lauréat du prix de nobel (nobel prizewinner), Fondation Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

German

  

Nobel (classy, extravagant, generous, handsome, lavish, noble, nobly, posh, ritzy, swish). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Νόμπελ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Nobel-díj (Nobel prize). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

agung (august, exalted, grand, lofty). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vincitore del Premio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Premio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Fondazione Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ノースウェスト准州 (copy-book, Do not touch!, exercise book, know-how, no bra, no brand, no frost, no outs, No parking, no play, No smoking, no time, nobelium, noble, node, no-hit no-run game, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest, Northwest Territories, NOTAM, notebook, notice to airmen, notorious, panty-less, sleeveless, wearing no underwear, without a helmet). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ノーベル . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

노벨. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

obelnay

   

Portuguese

  

próprio de aristocracia (nobel prize winner), Prémio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Galardoado com o Prémio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), Fundação Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нобель нобелевский. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nobel. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Premio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), ganador del Premio Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner), ganador del premio nóbel (nobel prize winner), Fundación Nobel (Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ädelmodig (generous, high minded, nobel-minded). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

nobel barış ödülü (nobel peace prize), nobel ödülü (nobel prize). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

giải thưởng Nô-ben (nobel prize). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Nobel

Derivations

Words beginning with "Nobel": nobelium, nobeliums. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Nobel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jobtel, Nabaglo, Nabeel, nabel, Nabeul, Ndobe, Nebel, Neibel, Neogel, nibel, Niobe, nobal, Nobay, nobey, Nobi, nobil, Nobre, Nobu, Nooble, Norbec, Noubir, Obel, Oebel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nobel

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: noble.

Words within the letters "b-e-l-n-o"

-1 letter: bole, bone, ebon, enol, leno, lobe, lone, noel.

-2 letters: bel, ben, eon, lob, neb, nob, obe, ole, one.

-3 letters: be, bo, el, en, lo, ne, no, oe, on.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-l-n-o"
 

+1 letter: belong, benzol, blonde, nobble, nobler, nobles.

 

+2 letters: abalone, baloney, beclown, belongs, benomyl, benzole, benzols, benzoyl, binocle, blonder, blondes, boloney, borneol, bowline, englobe, ennoble, ignoble, lobefin, nelumbo, nobbled, nobbler, nobbles, noblest, nombles, notable, ownable, unlobed.

 

+3 letters: abalones, atonable, ballonet, ballonne, baloneys, banderol, bannerol, beanpole, beclowns, beholden, belonged, benomyls, benzoles, benzoyls, binocles, bioclean, blazoned, blazoner, blondest, bludgeon, bluenose, boldness, boloneys, bondable, boneless, bonemeal, bonspell, bonspiel, borneols, bovinely, boweling, bowlines, brokenly, bromelin, bullnose, bunghole, coinable, conglobe, doblones, elbowing, emblazon, embolden, englobed, englobes, ennobled, ennobler, ennobles, imbolden, joinable, knoblike, knowable, loanable, lobefins, lobeline, nebulose, nebulous, nelumbos, nobblers, nobelium, nobleman, noblemen, noblesse, notables, nubilose, openable, snowbell, snowbelt, stonable, tailbone, unbolted, undoable, undouble, unilobed, wellborn.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nobel


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 6F 62 65 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101111 01100010 01100101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#111 &#98 &#101 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 006F 0062 0065 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4881687178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Derivations
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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