different between gentile vs patrial

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)

1. Non-Jewish.
2. Heathen, pagan.
3. Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
4. Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
5. (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)

1. A non-Jewish person.
2. (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)

1. kind, courteous
2. gentle
3. 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)

1. gentile (a non-Jewish person)

Derived terms

• gentilesco
• gentilesimo

Related terms

• gentilità

Adjective

gentile (plural gentili)

1. (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

1. 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

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of gentil.

English

Etymology

From Latin patria (“fatherland, country”).

Adjective

patrial (not comparable)

1. (grammar, Latin, of a noun) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
2. (Britain) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent

Derived terms

• patriality

Noun

patrial (plural patrials)

1. (Britain) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
2. A noun derived from the name of a country.

Anagrams

• partial