# gentil
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin gentīlis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ʒənˈtil]
* IPA: (Valencia) [d͡ʒenˈtil]

### Adjective

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentils)
* kind, courteous
* gentile (non-Jewish)
    Antonym: jueu

#### Derived terms

* gentilesa
* gentilment

### Noun

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentils)
* gentile (non-Jew)
    Antonym: jueu

### Further reading

* “gentil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “gentil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “gentil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “gentil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɑ̃.ti/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

gentil (feminine gentille, masculine plural gentils, feminine plural gentilles)
* helpful, kind
* pleasant, amiable, nice
    Elle reçut une petite tape gentille sur les fesses.She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks.
* attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts
* (idiomatic) all very well
    C’est bien gentil tout ça, mais…That's all very well, but...
* well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
* fairly large, nice, tidy

#### Usage notes

* The word is sometimes used in derogative senses similar to the way its English equivalents are (e.g. about people considered to be lacking personality), but its positive use is much more common. In classical French it was used as a genuine compliment for social graces, which gave rise to gentilhomme (“gentleman”).

#### Synonyms

* aimable

### Noun

gentil m (plural gentils)
* pagan, heretic
* gentile

### Related terms

* genre
* gens
* gentilhomme
* gentillesse
* gentiment

### Further reading

* “gentil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gentil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒɛnˈtiːl], [ʒãnˈtiːl]
* Hyphenation: gen‧til
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (French-style):(file)

### Adjective

gentil (strong nominative masculine singular gentiler, comparative gentiler, superlative am gentilsten)
* nice, amiable

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gentil” in Duden online
* “gentil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Adjective

gentil (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of gentile

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒɛ̃nˈtil/

### Adjective

gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gentil or gentile)
* noble; courteous; courtly

#### Descendants

* French: gentil

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis (“belonging to the same family”), from gēns (“clan; tribe”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒẽˈt͡ʃiw/ [ʒẽˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒẽˈtil/ [ʒẽˈtiɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒẽˈtil/ [ʒẽˈtiɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʒẽˈti.li/
* Homophone: Gentil
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
* Hyphenation: gen‧til

### Adjective

gentil m or f (plural gentis)
* gentle; amiable; kind
    Synonyms: agradável, amigável, amistoso, cortês
    Antonyms: desagradável, descortês
* elegant
    Synonyms: belo, elegante, formoso, garboso
    Antonyms: desagradável, deselegante, feio
* gentle; polite; respectful

#### Synonyms

* (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “polite”): See Thesaurus:cortês

#### Related terms

* gentileza
* gentílico
* gente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gentile.

### Adjective

gentil m or n (feminine singular gentilă, masculine plural gentili, feminine and neuter plural gentile)
* gentile

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xenˈtil/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪il]
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: gen‧til

### Adjective

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentiles)
* kind, nice
    Synonym: amable
* gentile (non-Jewish)
    Antonym: judío

#### Derived terms

* gentileza
* gentilísimo
* gentilmente

#### Related terms

* gentilidad

### Noun

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentiles)
* gentile (non-Jew)
    Synonym: (sometimes offensive) goy
    Antonym: judío

#### Related terms

* gente

### Further reading

* “gentil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɧaŋˈtiːl/

### Adjective

gentil
* (somewhat archaic) elegant and generous
* (somewhat archaic) elegant, fancy, posh

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* schangtil

### References

* gentil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gentil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gentil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* enligt