Gentileschi

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Gentile (a masculine given name from Latin gentīlis “clansman, kinsman”) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒen.tiˈle.ski/
  • Rhymes: -eski
  • Hyphenation: Gen‧ti‧lé‧schi

Proper noun[edit]

Gentileschi m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Latin
    (feminine) Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656), Italian painter
    (masculine) Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639), Italian painter, father of Artemisia