different between tribal vs gentile

English

Etymology

From tribe +? -al, first attested in the 1630s.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?a?b?l/
• Rhymes: -a?b?l

Adjective

tribal (comparative more tribal, superlative most tribal)

1. Of or relating to tribes.

2. Based on or organized according to tribes.

Derived terms

• tribalism
• tribalist
• tribalistic
• extratribal
• intertribal
• intratribal
• multitribal

Translations

Noun

tribal (plural tribals)

1. A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo.

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?i?bal/

Adjective

tribal (masculine and feminine plural tribals)

1. tribal (of or pertaining to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribu

Further reading

• “tribal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tribal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tribal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tribal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Similar vowel sounds of bright and tribe. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tribal

1. bright; having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.bal/

Adjective

tribal (feminine singular tribale, masculine plural tribals or tribaux, feminine plural tribales)

1. tribal

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tribal m or f (plural tribais)

1. tribal (of or pertaining to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribo

Further reading

• “tribal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t?i?baw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t?i??a?/
• Hyphenation: tri?bal

Adjective

tribal m or f (plural tribais, comparable)

1. tribal

Further reading

• “tribal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French tribal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri?bal/

Adjective

tribal m or n (feminine singular tribal?, masculine plural tribali, feminine and neuter plural tribale)

1. tribal

Declension

Further reading

• tribal in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tribual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?bal/, [t??i???al]
• Hyphenation: tri?bal

Adjective

tribal (plural tribales)

1. tribal (of or relating to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribu

Further reading

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

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.