snob

== English == === Etymology === Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status"; it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this. The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: snŏb, IPA(key): /snɒb/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /snɔb/ (General American) enPR: snŏb, IPA(key): /snɑb/ Rhymes: -ɒb === Noun === snob (plural snobs) (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes, skills, etc. [from 20th c.] an insufferable snob a wine snob;   a food snob (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.] (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.] (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab). (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman. Synonym: cad ==== Coordinate terms ==== posh social climber nouveau riche ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: σνομπ (snomp) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hobnob (verb) (a social climber element has often existed with both terms' senses) === References === === Further reading === snob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “snob”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “snob”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === SBNO, bosn, BSON, BNOs, obsn., nobs, BN(O)s, bos'n, bo's'n == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɔp/ Rhymes: -ɔp === Noun === snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n) snob ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === bons == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɔb/ === Adjective === snob (plural snobs) snobbish, snobby ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: snob → Turkish: snop === Noun === snob m or f by sense (plural snobs) snob ==== Derived terms ==== snober snobinard snobisme snobissime === Further reading === “snob”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bons == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English snob. === Noun === snob (plural snob-snob) snob === Further reading === “snob”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈznɔb/ Rhymes: -ɔb Hyphenation: snòb === Noun === snob m (invariable) snob === Adjective === snob (invariable) snobbish === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔp/ Rhymes: -ɔp Syllabification: snob Homophone: snop === Noun === snob m pers (female equivalent snobka) snob (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “snob”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “snob”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Noun === snob m or f by sense (plural snobs) alternative form of snobe === Further reading === “snob”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “snob”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French snob. === Adjective === snob m or n (feminine singular snobă, masculine plural snobi, feminine/neuter plural snobe) snobbish ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snôb/ === Noun === snȍb m anim (Cyrillic spelling сно̏б) snob ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔp/ === Noun === snob m pers (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi, genitive plural snobov, declension pattern of chlap) snob ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== snobka snobský snobsky snobstvo === Further reading === “snob”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snob. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈnob/ [ezˈnoβ̞] Rhymes: -ob IPA(key): /ˈsnob/ [ˈznoβ̞] Rhymes: -ob Syllabification: snob === Noun === snob m (plural snobs) alternative form of esnob === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “snob”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA “snob”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019