gentil

From Latin gentīlis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒənˈtil/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒenˈtil/

gentil (masculine and feminine plural gentils)

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

   Antonym: jueu

• gentilesa
• gentilment

gentil m or f (plural gentils)

1. gentile (non-Jew)

   Antonym: jueu

• “gentil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gentil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

From Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.ti/

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

1. helpful, kind
2. pleasant, amiable, nice
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

• 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”).

• aimable

gentil m (plural gentils)

1. pagan, heretic
2. gentile

• genre
• gens
• gentilhomme
• gentillesse
• gentiment

• “gentil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French gentil.

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

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gentil (comparative gentiler, superlative am gentilsten)

1. nice, amiable

• gentil in Duden online

gentil m

1. Apocopic form of gentile

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

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

1. noble; courteous; courtly

From Old Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis (“belonging to the same family”), from gēns (“clan; tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁-.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽ.ˈt͡ʃiw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽ.ˈtɨɫ/
  • Homophone: gentio
• Homophone: Gentil
• Hyphenation: gen‧til

gentil m or f (plural gentis, comparable)

1. gentle; amiable; kind
2. elegant
3. gentle; polite; respectful

• (amiable): agradável, amigável, amistoso, cortês
• (elegant): belo, elegante, formoso, garboso
• (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês

• (amiable): desagradável, descortês
• (elegant): desagradável, deselegante, feio
• (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês

• gentileza
• gentílico
• gente

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

• IPA^(key): /xenˈtil/, [xẽn̪ˈt̪il]

gentil (plural gentiles)

1. kind, nice
2. gentile (non-Jewish)

   Antonym: judío

• gentileza
• gentilísimo

gentil m or f (plural gentiles)

1. gentile (non-Jew)

   Antonym: judío

• gente

• “gentil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• /ɧaŋˈtiːl/

gentil

1. (somewhat archaic) elegant and generous; posh, stylish; generous

   Det var en utomordentligt gentil middagsbjudning.

   "That was a most elegant dinner party."