nubile

From French nubile, from Latin nubilis (“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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnubaɪl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːbaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

• nubility

• connubial
• nuptial, nuptials

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. A young sexually attractive woman.

• beluin, unible

From Latin nubilis.

• IPA^(key): /ny.bil/

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. nubile

• “nubile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin nubilis.

nubile (masculine and feminine plural nubili)

1. unmarried

nubile f (plural nubili)

1. unmarried woman
2. spinster

• nubilato

• celibe

nūbile

1. vocative masculine singular of nūbilus