gent

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Homophone: djent === Etymology 1 === Short for gentleman. ==== Noun ==== gent (plural gents) (colloquial) A gentleman. ===== Derived terms ===== city gent ladies and gents ===== Related terms ===== genteel gentile gentle === Etymology 2 === From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”). ==== Adjective ==== gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent) (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== gent (uncountable) (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of gentamicin. === Anagrams === Teng == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan gent, from Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈʒen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒent] Rhymes: -ent === Noun === gent f (uncountable) people, folk bona gent ― good people ==== Derived terms ==== gentada gentalla genteta === Further reading === “gent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “gent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “gent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “gent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɛnt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch gent, from Old Dutch *genit, variant of *ganut, from Proto-West Germanic *ganut, from Proto-Germanic *ganutaz. ==== Noun ==== gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n) (now rare) gander, male goose Synonyms: mannetjesgans, ganzerik, gander ===== Derived terms ===== jan-van-gent === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from jan-van-gent. ==== Noun ==== gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n) (taxonomy) bird of the Sulidae family De genten vormen een familie in de orde der Suliformes. ― The Sulidae constitute a family in the Suliformes order. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French gent, from Latin gentem. Cf. gens. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃/ === Noun === gent f (plural gens) (archaic) people, nation gent féminine ― women, womankind gent masculine ― men gent mercantile ― merchants gent moutonnière ― sheep (people who blindly follow others) (archaic) race, species (of animals) gent aviaire ― birds gent canine ― canines gent féline ― felines gent marécageuse ― amphibians, marsh-dwellers gent trotte-menu ― rodents gent volaille ― poultry (archaic) tribe company, those who are in accompaniment === Adjective === gent (feminine gente, masculine plural gents, feminine plural gentes) (archaic or humorous) nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing === Further reading === “gent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Adjective === gent noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful == Old French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃nt/ IPA(key): (late) /ˈʒãnt/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin gentem, accusative singular of gēns. The nominative singular descends from a regularized form: oblique stem gent- and 3rd declension nominative -is. ==== Alternative forms ==== jant, גֿאנט (ǧʔnt /⁠jant⁠/) (Judeo-French) ==== Noun ==== gent oblique singular, f (oblique plural genz or gentz, nominative singular gent, nominative plural genz or gentz) people, population la Franceise gent - the French people ===== Descendants ===== French: gens m pl Norman: gens m pl Walloon: djin m pl === Etymology 2 === From Latin genitus (“begotten”), perfect passive participle of gignō. ==== Adjective ==== gent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gente) fair, beautiful, handsome brave and beautiful polite Synonym: gentil ===== Usage notes ===== The Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français points out the difficulty of translating this word into modern languages. The adjective describes an ideal person in a given context: brave warriors in chansons de geste, loyal good men in tales of courtly love, polite people in all occasions, who are always handsome or beautiful. It also notes the meaning 'well-born, aristocratic', mentioned in some dictionaries of Old French, is extremely rarely attested. ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== gençor (comparative), also spelled gensor == Swedish == === Adjective === gent indefinite neuter singular of gen == Yola == === Noun === gent alternative form of geint === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41