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Ennoblement

Definitions: Ennoblement

Ennoblement

Noun

1. The state of being noble.

2. The act of raising someone to the nobility.

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

Date "ennoblement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Familiar Quotations: Ennoblement

AuthorQuotation

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Ennoblement

"Ennoblement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ennoblement" is used about 8 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 (singular)100%8124,375

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

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Modern Translations: Ennoblement

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

Albanian

  

fisnikërim (sublimation), dhënie e titullit fisnikërie. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تنبيل, ‏تعظيم (aggrandizement, enthronement, magnification). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

облагородяване, даване на благородническа титла. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vznešenost (elevation, gentility, grandeur, magnificence, magniloquence, stateliness, sublimity). (various references)

   

French

  

ennoblissent, anoblissement. (various references)

   

German

  

Erhebung (census, elatedness, elevation, enquiry, exaltation, imposition, inquiry, investigation, levy, levying, mutiny, raising, revolt, rise, rising, survey, upheaval, uplift, uprising). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξευγένιση. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"תאצלות, "ע קת תואר אצילות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nemesedés. (various references)

   

Italian

  

elevamento (exaltation, upheaval). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ennoblementay

   

Portuguese

  

enobrecimento, nobilitar. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

înnobilare. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

облагораживание (aging), пожалование дворянством. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

oplemenjenost. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ennoblecimiento, riqueza (abundance, affluence, love, mammon, money, moneybag, riches, richness, wealth), poder (ability, ascendancy, authority, be able, be able to, can, capability, capacity, dominion, know how, may, might, mightiness, power, power of attorney, proxy, puissance, strength, sway, to be able, warrant). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüceltme (apotheosis, deification, exaltation, sublimation, uplift, veneration), asalet verme. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

облагороджування. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự l m th nh quý tộc sự l m cho cao cả, sự l m cho cao thượng, sự l m cho cao quý. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ennoblement

Derivations

Words beginning with "ennoblement": ennoblements. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Ennoblement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: noblement, noblemente. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Ennoblement"

Words rhyming with "ennoblement" (pronounced 'En*no"ble*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Ambushment, Amendment, Amercement, Amerciament, Amortizement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Antepredicament, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Apportionment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Appropriament, Arbitrament, Armament, Arraignment, Arrestment, Arrondissement, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astonishment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attemperament, Attemperment, Attendement, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avertiment, Avisement, Avouchment, Awakenment, Babblement, Bafflement, Bailment, Balancement, Banishment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Battlement, Bedevilment, Bedizenment, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Betterment, Bevelment, Bewailment, Bewilderment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bickerment, Biliment, Bisegment, Blandishment, Blastment, Blazonment, Blemishment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bouleversement, Brabblement, Branglement, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Cantonment, Capillament, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chastisement, Chatoyment, Cherishment, Cloyment, Coadjument, Coadjustment, Coagment, Coestablishment, Colliquament, Comfortment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Concrement, Condiment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contenement, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Couplement, Crassiment, Curtailment, Dazzlement, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Decipherment, Declarement, Decorament, Decorement, Decrement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degarnishment, Degradement, Delayment, Delineament, Delirament, Demolishment, Denotement, D'enouement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Depriment, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, development, Devilment, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Diminishment, Dimplement, Diriment, Disablement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarmament, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disaugment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Discouragement, Discoverment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disembarrassment, Disembodiment, Disemboguement, Disembowelment, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disencouragement, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disentanglement, Disenthrallment, Disestablishment, Disfigurement, Disfranchisement, Disfurnishment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disheartenment, Disillusionment, Disimprovement, Disinteressment, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Dismemberment, Disobligement, Disownment, Disparagement, Dispatchment, Dispiritment, Disportment, Disposement, Disquietment, Dissepiment, Dissettlement, Disseverment, Distemperment, Distillment, Distinguishment, Divergement, Divertisement, Divertissement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Dreariment, Dwindlement, Easement, Eclaircissement, 'Ecrasement, Effacement, Eggement, Ejectment, Eliquament, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embarrassment, Embasement, Embattlement, Embayment, Embedment, Embellishment, Embezzlement, Embitterment, Emblazonment, Emblement, Embodiment, Emboitement, Embossment, Embowelment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Emolument, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Empoisonment, Empressement, Enablement, Enactment, Enamorment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encomberment, Encompassment, Encouragement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encumberment, Encystment, Endamagement, Endangerment, Endearment, Endeavorment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeeblement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Enfranchisement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment. 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Anagrams: Ennoblement

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: noblemen.

-4 letters: element, ennoble, telemen.

-5 letters: beetle, bennet, bolete, bonnet, entomb, lenten, loment, melton, molten, nonmen, omelet, telome, toneme.

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

+1 letter: ennoblements.

 

+4 letters: nonsedimentable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Ennoblement


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

45 6E 6E 6F 62 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74

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)

01000101 01101110 01101110 01101111 01100010 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 006E 006F 0062 006C 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074

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

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

3980808168787179718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Familiar
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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