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gentile
English
Alternative forms
- Gentile
Etymology
Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gent?lis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), a semantic loan from Hebrew ????, morphologically from g?ns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -?lis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle and genteel. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???nta?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
- Hyphenation: gen?tile
Adjective
gentile (not comparable)
- Non-Jewish.
- Heathen, pagan.
- Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
- Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
- (grammar) Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.
Derived terms
- gentilic
- gentilical
- gentilically
- gentilicism
Related terms
- genteel
Translations
Noun
gentile (plural gentiles)
- A non-Jewish person.
- (grammar) A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.
Hypernyms
- (grammar): noun
Translations
See also
- (grammar): patronymic
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??en?ti.le/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin gent?lis.
Adjective
gentile (plural gentili)
- kind, courteous
- gentle
- lovely
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- gentile1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Latin gent?lis (“heathen, pagan”).
Noun
gentile m (plural gentili)
- gentile (a non-Jewish person)
Derived terms
- gentilesco
- gentilesimo
Related terms
- gentilità
Adjective
gentile (plural gentili)
- (literary) gentile (non-Jewish)
Further reading
- gentile2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?en?ti?.le/, [??n??t?i????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d??en?ti.le/, [d???n??t?i?l?]
Adjective
gent?le
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of gent?lis
References
- gentile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Swedish
Adjective
gentile
- absolute definite natural masculine form of gentil.
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jew
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d?u?/
- Homophones: Jew, dew
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
Transferred use of Jew.
Alternative forms
- Jew
Verb
jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)
- (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.
Related terms
- jew down
- kike
Noun
jew (plural jews)
- (Australia) The jewfish. [from 19th c.]
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
- The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
Etymology 2
Phrase
jew
- Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
- Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.
Anagrams
- jwé
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (?aw).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?w/
Conjunction
jew
- or
- else
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