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gentil

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See also:Gentil

Catalan

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Etymology

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FromLatingentīlis.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[ʒənˈtil]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[d͡ʒenˈtil]

gentile(non-Jew)
Antonym:jueu

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchgentil, borrowed fromLatingentīlis, fromgēns(“Roman clan”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.ti/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

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gentil (femininegentille,masculine pluralgentils,feminine pluralgentilles)

helpful,kind
pleasant,amiable,nice
Elle reçut une petite tapegentille sur les fesses.
She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks.
attractive,pretty; also derogative, in the sense ofsuperficial, esp. in the arts
(idiomatic)all very well
C’est biengentil tout ça, mais…
That's all very well, but...
well behaved,good(especially but not only about children, in the sense ofgood boy/girl)
fairly large,nice,tidy

Usage notes

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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 togentilhomme(“gentleman”).

Synonyms

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aimable

Noun

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gentil m (pluralgentils)

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchgentil.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ʒɛnˈtiːl],[ʒãnˈtiːl]
Hyphenation:gen‧til
Audio: (file)
Audio(French-style): (file)

Adjective

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gentil (strong nominative masculine singulargentiler,comparativegentiler,superlativeam gentilsten)

nice,amiable

Declension

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Positive forms ofgentil

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istgentil	sie istgentil	es istgentil	sie sindgentil
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gentiler	gentile	gentiles	gentile
	genitive	gentilen	gentiler	gentilen	gentiler
	dative	gentilem	gentiler	gentilem	gentilen
	accusative	gentilen	gentile	gentiles	gentile
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	dergentile	diegentile	dasgentile	diegentilen
	genitive	desgentilen	dergentilen	desgentilen	dergentilen
	dative	demgentilen	dergentilen	demgentilen	dengentilen
	accusative	dengentilen	diegentile	dasgentile	diegentilen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	eingentiler	einegentile	eingentiles	(keine)gentilen
	genitive	einesgentilen	einergentilen	einesgentilen	(keiner)gentilen
	dative	einemgentilen	einergentilen	einemgentilen	(keinen)gentilen
	accusative	einengentilen	einegentile	eingentiles	(keine)gentilen

Comparative forms ofgentil

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istgentiler	sie istgentiler	es istgentiler	sie sindgentiler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gentilerer	gentilere	gentileres	gentilere
	genitive	gentileren	gentilerer	gentileren	gentilerer
	dative	gentilerem	gentilerer	gentilerem	gentileren
	accusative	gentileren	gentilere	gentileres	gentilere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	dergentilere	diegentilere	dasgentilere	diegentileren
	genitive	desgentileren	dergentileren	desgentileren	dergentileren
	dative	demgentileren	dergentileren	demgentileren	dengentileren
	accusative	dengentileren	diegentilere	dasgentilere	diegentileren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	eingentilerer	einegentilere	eingentileres	(keine)gentileren
	genitive	einesgentileren	einergentileren	einesgentileren	(keiner)gentileren
	dative	einemgentileren	einergentileren	einemgentileren	(keinen)gentileren
	accusative	einengentileren	einegentilere	eingentileres	(keine)gentileren

Superlative forms ofgentil

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istam gentilsten	sie istam gentilsten	es istam gentilsten	sie sindam gentilsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gentilster	gentilste	gentilstes	gentilste
	genitive	gentilsten	gentilster	gentilsten	gentilster
	dative	gentilstem	gentilster	gentilstem	gentilsten
	accusative	gentilsten	gentilste	gentilstes	gentilste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	dergentilste	diegentilste	dasgentilste	diegentilsten
	genitive	desgentilsten	dergentilsten	desgentilsten	dergentilsten
	dative	demgentilsten	dergentilsten	demgentilsten	dengentilsten
	accusative	dengentilsten	diegentilste	dasgentilste	diegentilsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	eingentilster	einegentilste	eingentilstes	(keine)gentilsten
	genitive	einesgentilsten	einergentilsten	einesgentilsten	(keiner)gentilsten
	dative	einemgentilsten	einergentilsten	einemgentilsten	(keinen)gentilsten
	accusative	einengentilsten	einegentilste	eingentilstes	(keine)gentilsten

Italian

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Adjective

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gentil (apocopated)

Apocopic form ofgentile

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatingentīlis, fromgēns(“Roman clan”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛ̃nˈtil/

Adjective

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gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singulargentilorgentile)

noble;courteous;courtly

Descendants

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French:gentil

Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesegentil, borrowed fromLatingentīlis(“belonging to the same family”), fromgēns(“clan; tribe”).

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈt͡ʃiw/[ʒẽˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈtil/[ʒẽˈtiɫ]

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈtil/[ʒẽˈtiɫ]
- (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈti.li/

Homophone:Gentil
Rhymes:(Portugal)-il,(Brazil)-iw
Hyphenation:gen‧til

Adjective

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gentil m or f (pluralgentis)

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

Synonyms

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(polite): SeeThesaurus:cortês

Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of“polite”): SeeThesaurus:cortês

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchgentile.

Adjective

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gentil m or n (feminine singulargentilă,masculine pluralgentili,feminine and neuter pluralgentile)

gentile

Declension

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Declension ofgentil
		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gentil	gentilă	gentili	gentile
nominative- accusative	definite	gentilul	gentila	gentilii	gentilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gentil	gentile	gentili	gentile
genitive- dative	definite	gentilului	gentilei	gentililor	gentilelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatingentīlis, fromgēns(“Roman clan”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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gentil m or f (masculine and feminine pluralgentiles)

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

Derived terms

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Related terms

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gentilidad

Noun

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gentil m or f by sense (pluralgentiles)

gentile(non-Jew)
Synonym:(sometimes offensive)goy
Antonym:judío

Related terms

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gente

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɧaŋˈtiːl/

Adjective

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gentil

(somewhat archaic)elegant andgenerous
(somewhat archaic)elegant,fancy,posh

Declension

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Inflection ofgentil
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	gentil	gentilare	gentilast
neuter singular	gentilt	gentilare	gentilast
plural	gentila	gentilare	gentilast
masculine plural²	gentile	gentilare	gentilast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	gentile	gentilare	gentilaste
all	gentila	gentilare	gentilaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.