nubile
/ˈnjuːbaɪl//ˈnubaɪl/
nubile adjective: of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
Adjective
nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)
- Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- "Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 28, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 292
- Synonyms:
- eligible, marriageable, wifeable
- Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
Noun
nubile (plural nubiles)
- A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman
nubile meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
nubile in Tamil
- மணமாகாப் பெண்
nubile in Urdu
- پرجوگ, قابل ازدواج, شادی کے لائق
nubile in Bengali
- বিবাহযোগ্যা, আবেদনময়ী, রমণীয়া
nubile in Malayalam
- sexually mature, marriageable, sexy
- വിവാഹപ്രായമെത്തിയ, വിവാഹപ്രായമായ, പരിണേതവ്യ, പരിണേയ, വരണീയ, വോഢവ്യ
More languagesFewer languages
- nubile in Kannada
- ವಿವಾಹಯೋಗ್ಯ, ಮದುವೆಗೆ ನೆರೆದ, ಮದುವೆಗೆಬಂದ, ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯುಳ್ಳ
Synonyms of nubile
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Forms of nubile
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more nubile |
| superlative | most nubile |
| Noun | |
| plural | nubiles |
Origin of nubile
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
Words formed from nubile
Words that rhyme with nubile
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- gentile
- kyle
- reptile
- sile
- smile
- Lyle
- tile
- while
- beguile
- bile
- Nile
- spile
- argyll
- awhile
- enisle
- guile
- gyle
- I'll
- last mile
- resile
- restyle
- rile
- senile
- stile
- vile
- autogynephile
- bewile
- chile
- chyle
- Cnile
- District of Argyle
- heil
- ile
- interfile
- isle
- Japanophile
- Kabyle
- kile
- like it's going out of style
- Persophile
- redial
- refile
- revile
- Styal
- thyle
- tickler file
- wile
- worthwhile
Questions about nubile
- What does nubile mean?
- Nubile means of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- What is nubile in Tamil?
- Nubile in Tamil is மணமாகாப் பெண். See Nubile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nubile?
- Nubile can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nubile?
- Nubile is pronounced /ˈnubaɪl/ (US).
Words near nubile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nubile (page history and authors); nubile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nubile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nubile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nubile (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); nubile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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