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gentil

Pronunciation: /ʒɑ̃.ti/

“gentil” is a French word. Its 10 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. noble; gallant, courteous
  2. kind, sweet
  3. sweet but not much else; vanilla
  4. well behaved, good
  5. pleasant, amiable, nice
  6. attractive, pretty
  7. all very well
  8. fairly large, nice, tidy

noun

  1. pagan, heretic
  2. gentile

In French

  1. Agréable, charmant, mignon, aimable. Qui a une certaine grâce, un certain agrément délicat.
  2. Chouette, sympa.
  3. Sage, tranquille.
  4. Coquet, important.
  5. Noble.
  6. Qui est bête, simplet.
  7. Peu sympathique.
  8. Qualifie celui dont on désapprouve l’impertinence ou la sottise.
  9. Personnage d’une œuvre de fiction qui incarne le bien, par opposition au méchant qui fait le mal.
  10. Personne bienveillante.
  11. Personne qui respecte la loi, la morale et l'ordre public.
  12. Non-juif, se dit dans le Nouveau Testament indifféremment des premiers chrétiens non-juifs et de l’ensemble des païens.

Etymology

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

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