Gentile

Du latin gentiles (« les gens, le peuple »).

Gentile \ˈdʒen.taɪl\

1. (Religion) Gentils, les non-juifs.
   • But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? — (Saint Paul, Épitres aux Galates)
2. Une personne qui n’est pas mormon.
   • Other Gentiles, who had been in bondage (Puritans, Pilgrims, etc.), also sailed across the ocean to the promised land inhabited by my brothers’ people. — (Book of Mormon)
3. (Parfois péjoratif) Païen, infidèle, incroyant.

• La capitalisation du terme est variable.

• gentile (non capitalisé)
• non-believer

• atheist
• WASP

• Gentile sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)