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hubble

/ˈhʌbəl/

hubble noun: an uproar.

Noun (1)

hubble (plural hubbles)

  1. (Scotland) An uproar.
  2. A heap, as of work.
  3. (US) A lump.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hubble

Hubble (countable and uncountable, plural Hubbles)

  1. (countable) An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
    • Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth.2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hubble

Hubble

  1. The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  2. (space flight) The Hubble Space Telescope.

Noun (2) capitalized: Hubble

Hubble (plural Hubbles)

  1. (space flight) A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.

hubble meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

hubble in Hindi

हबल

hubble in Marathi

हबल

hubble in Urdu

ہبل, حبل, ہببل

hubble in Bengali

হাবল
More languagesFewer languages
hubble in Telugu
హబుల్, హబ్ల్
hubble in Malayalam
ഹബിൾ, ഹബ്ൾ, ഹബ്ബിൾ
hubble in Punjabi
ਹੱਬਲ, ਹਬਲ
hubble in Gujarati
હબલ
hubble in Odia
ହବଲ
hubble in Nepali
हबल, हबलबल

Forms of hubble

Noun
pluralhubbles
pluralHubbles
Proper noun
pluralHubbles

Origin of hubble

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

Words formed from hubble

Phrases with hubble

Words that rhyme with hubble

Questions about hubble

What does hubble mean?
Hubble means an uproar.
What is hubble in Hindi?
Hubble in Hindi is हबल. See Hubble meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hubble?
Hubble can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hubble?
Hubble is pronounced /ˈhʌbəl/.
What is the plural of hubble?
The plural of hubble is hubbles.

Words near hubble in the dictionary

  1. hubbies
  2. hubbiest
  3. hubbing
  4. Hubbite
  5. Hubbites
  6. hubble
  7. hubble bubble
  8. hubble bubbles
  9. Hubble constant
  10. Hubble diagram
  11. Hubble diagrams

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hubble (page history and authors); Hubble (page history and authors); hubble (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hubble (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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