gentilicio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛn.tiːˈlɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒen.tiˈliː.t͡ʃi.o]

Adjective

gentīliciō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gentīlicius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gentīlicius, from Latin gentīlis, whence English gentile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xentiˈliθjo/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈli.θjo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /xentiˈlisjo/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈli.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: gen‧ti‧li‧cio

Noun

gentilicio m (plural gentilicios)

1. demonym

Related terms

• gentil

Further reading

• “gentilicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• gentilicio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es