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gent

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??nt/
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Short for gentleman.

Noun

gent (plural gents)

  1. (colloquial) A gentleman.
Related terms
  • genteel
  • gentile
  • gentle

Etymology 2

From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (born).

Adjective

gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)

  1. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
    • A knyght [who] was fair and gent.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
      He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
  2. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
    • Her body gent and small.

Etymology 3

Noun

gent (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin.

Anagrams

  • Teng

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gentem, accusative of g?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /??ent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /??en/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d??ent/
  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun

gent f (uncountable)

  1. people, folk

Derived terms

  • gentada
  • gentalla
  • genteta

Further reading

  • “gent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “gent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “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.

French

Etymology

From Old French gent, from Latin gens, gentem. Cf. gens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???/

Noun

gent f (plural gents or gens)

  1. (obsolete) people, nation
  2. (obsolete) tribe
  3. company, those who are in accompaniment

Adjective

gent (feminine singular gente, masculine plural gents, feminine plural gentes)

  1. (obsolete or humorous) nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing

Further reading

  • “gent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From earlier Ganda; if from Celtic, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kom-dati (confluence), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-d?h?-ti- (confluence), equivalent to *?óm + *d?eh?- (similar to the town Condivincum); or related to the Celtic goddess Gontia. The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin.

Noun

gent ?

  1. Ghent (a city in modern Belgium)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: Gent

References

Further reading

  • “ghent”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Old French

Pronunciation

  • (early) IPA(key): /?d?ent/
  • (by 13th century) IPA(key): /?d?ant/
  • (Late Old French) IPA(key): /??ant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

From Latin gentem, accusative singular of g?ns. The nominative singular descends from a regularized form: oblique stem gent- and 3rd declension nominative -is.

Noun

gent f (oblique plural genz or gentz, nominative singular gent, nominative plural genz or gentz)

  1. people, population
    la Franceise gent - the French people
Descendants
  • French: gens
  • Norman: gens
  • Walloon: djin

Etymology 2

From Latin genitus (begotten), perfect passive participle of gign?.

Adjective

gent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gente)

  1. fair, beautiful, handsome
  2. brave and beautiful
  3. 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

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of gen.

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Noun

gent

  1. Alternative form of geint

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gradual

English

Alternative forms

  • graduall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradu?lis, from Latin gradus (step), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rad?-, *g?red?- (to walk, go). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????? (griþs, step, grade), Bavarian Gritt (step, stride).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /???æd?u?l/, /???æd?w?l/, /???æd??l/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???ad?u?l/, /???adju?l/, /???ad??l/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /????d???l/, /????d??l/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /-uæl/
  • Hyphenation: grad?u?al, grad?ual, gradu?al

Adjective

gradual (comparative more gradual, superlative most gradual)

  1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

Synonyms

  • stepwise

Antonyms

  • sudden
  • abrupt

Derived terms

  • gradually

Translations

See also

  • insidious

Noun

gradual (plural graduals)

  1. (Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
  2. (Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradu?lis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /???.du?al/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /??a.du?al/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

gradual (masculine and feminine plural graduals)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualment

Related terms

  • grau

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradu?lis.

Adjective

gradual m or f (plural graduais)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualmente

Related terms

  • grao

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradu?lis.

Adjective

gradual m or f (plural graduais, comparable)

  1. gradual

Inflection

Derived terms

  • gradualmente

Further reading

  • “gradual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradu?lis.

Adjective

gradual (plural graduales)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualmente

Related terms

  • graduar
  • grado

Noun

gradual m (plural graduales)

  1. (Roman Catholic Church) gradual

Further reading

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

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