gentil
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentils)
Derived terms
Noun
gentil m or f (plural gentils)
Further reading
- “gentil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gentil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gentil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gentil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gentil (feminine gentille, masculine plural gentils, feminine plural gentilles)
- helpful, kind
- pleasant, amiable, nice
- attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts
- (idiomatic) all very well (c'est bien gentil tout ça, mais "that's all very well, but")
- well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
- fairly large, nice, tidy
Usage notes
- 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”).
Synonyms
Noun
gentil m (plural gentils)
Related terms
Further reading
- “gentil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
gentil (comparative gentiler, superlative am gentilsten)
Declension
Further reading
- “gentil” in Duden online
Italian
Adjective
gentil m
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).
Adjective
gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gentil or gentile)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis (“belonging to the same family”), from gēns (“clan; tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁-.
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: Gentil
- Hyphenation: gen‧til
- Rhymes: -iw
Adjective
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Synonyms
- (amiable): agradável, amigável, amistoso, cortês
- (elegant): belo, elegante, formoso, garboso
- (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês
Antonyms
- (amiable): desagradável, descortês
- (elegant): desagradável, deselegante, feio
- (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentiles)
Derived terms
Related terms
- gentil
Noun
gentil m or f (plural gentiles)
Related terms
Further reading
- “gentil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
- /ɧaŋˈtiːl/
Adjective
gentil
- (somewhat archaic) elegant and generous; posh, stylish; generous
- Det var en utomordentligt gentil middagsbjudning.
- "That was a most elegant dinner party."
Inflection
Inflection of gentil | |||
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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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