gent
See also: Gent
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology 1
Short for gentleman.
Etymology 2
From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
Adjective
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gentem, accusative of gēns, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gent” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
French
Etymology
From Old French gent, from Latin gens, gentem. Cf. gens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃/
Noun
- (obsolete) people, nation
- (obsolete) tribe
- company, those who are in accompaniment
Further reading
- “gent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Old French gentis or gentem, from gens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒãnt/
- Rhymes: -ãnt
Noun
gent f (oblique plural genz or gentz, nominative singular gent, nominative plural genz or gentz)
- population; people
- la Franceise gent - the French people
Swedish
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