gentil

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin gentīlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentils)

  1. kind, courteous
  2. gentile (non-Jewish)
    Antonym: jueu

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Noun[edit]

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentils)

  1. gentile (non-Jew)
    Antonym: jueu

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (Roman clan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃.ti/
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Adjective[edit]

gentil (feminine gentille, masculine plural gentils, feminine plural gentilles)

  1. helpful, kind
  2. pleasant, amiable, nice
    Elle reçut une petite tape gentille sur les fesses.
    She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks.
  3. attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts
  4. (idiomatic) all very well
    C’est bien gentil tout ça, mais…
    That's all very well, but...
  5. well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
  6. fairly large, nice, tidy

Usage notes[edit]

  • The word is sometimes used in derogative senses similar to the way its English equivalents are (e.g. about people considered to be lacking personality), but its positive use is much more common. In classical French it was used as a genuine compliment for social graces, which gave rise to gentilhomme (gentleman).

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Noun[edit]

gentil m (plural gentils)

  1. pagan, heretic
  2. gentile

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French gentil.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʒɛnˈtiːl], [ʒãnˈtiːl]
  • Hyphenation: gen‧til
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

gentil (strong nominative masculine singular gentiler, comparative gentiler, superlative am gentilsten)

  1. nice, amiable

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • gentil” in Duden online
  • gentil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gentil (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of gentile

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (Roman clan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gentil or gentile)

  1. noble; courteous; courtly

Descendants[edit]

  • French: gentil

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis (belonging to the same family), from gēns (clan; tribe).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adjective[edit]

gentil m or f (plural gentis)

  1. gentle; amiable; kind
    Synonyms: agradável, amigável, amistoso, cortês
    Antonyms: desagradável, descortês
  2. elegant
    Synonyms: belo, elegante, formoso, garboso
    Antonyms: desagradável, deselegante, feio
  3. gentle; polite; respectful

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French gentile.

Adjective[edit]

gentil m or n (feminine singular gentilă, masculine plural gentili, feminine and neuter plural gentile)

  1. gentile

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (Roman clan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xenˈtil/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪il]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: gen‧til

Adjective[edit]

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentiles)

  1. kind, nice
    Synonym: amable
  2. gentile (non-Jewish)
    Antonym: judío

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentiles)

  1. gentile (non-Jew)
    Antonym: judío

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gentil

  1. (somewhat archaic) elegant and generous; posh, stylish; generous
    Det var en utomordentligt gentil middagsbjudning.
    "That was a most elegant dinner party."

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of gentil
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gentil gentilare gentilast
Neuter singular gentilt gentilare gentilast
Plural gentila gentilare gentilast
Masculine plural3 gentile gentilare gentilast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gentile gentilare gentilaste
All gentila gentilare gentilaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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