different between gentil vs bon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gent?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??n?til/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d??en?til/

Adjective

gentil (masculine and feminine plural gentils)

1. kind, courteous
2. gentile (non-Jewish)

   Antonym: jueu

Derived terms

• gentilesa
• gentilment

Noun

gentil m or f (plural gentils)

1. 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.
• “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

From Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gent?lis, from g?ns (“Roman clan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ti/

Adjective

gentil (feminine singular gentille, masculine plural gentils, feminine plural gentilles)

1. helpful, kind
2. pleasant, amiable, nice
3. attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts
4. (idiomatic) all very well (c'est bien gentil tout ça, mais "that's all very well, but")
5. well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
6. 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)

1. pagan, heretic
2. gentile

Related terms

• genre
• gens
• gentilhomme
• gentillesse
• gentiment

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From French gentil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??n?ti?l], [?ãn?ti?l]
• Hyphenation: gen?til

Adjective

gentil (comparative gentiler, superlative am gentilsten)

1. nice, amiable

Declension

Further reading

• “gentil” in Duden online

Italian

Adjective

gentil m

1. Apocopic form of gentile

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gent?lis, from g?ns (“Roman clan”).

Adjective

gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gentil or gentile)

1. noble; courteous; courtly

Descendants

• French: gentil

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gent?lis (“belonging to the same family”), from g?ns (“clan; tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?t??iw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?t??/
  • Homophone: gentio
• Homophone: Gentil
• Hyphenation: gen?til
• Rhymes: -iw

Adjective

gentil m or f (plural gentis, comparable)

1. gentle; amiable; kind
2. elegant
3. gentle; polite; respectful

Synonyms

• (amiable): agradável, amigável, amistoso, cortês
• (elegant): belo, elegante, formoso, garboso
• (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês

Antonyms

• (amiable): desagradável, descortês
• (elegant): desagradável, deselegante, feio
• (polite): See Thesaurus:cortês

Related terms

• gentileza
• gentílico
• gente

Romanian

Etymology

From French gentile.

Adjective

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

1. gentile

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gent?lis, from g?ns (“Roman clan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xen?til/, [x?n??t?il]

Adjective

gentil (plural gentiles)

1. kind, nice
2. gentile (non-Jewish)

   Antonym: judío

Derived terms

• gentileza
• gentilísimo

Related terms

• gentil

Noun

gentil m or f (plural gentiles)

1. gentile (non-Jew)

   Antonym: judío

Related terms

• gente

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??ti?l/

Adjective

gentil

1. (somewhat archaic) elegant and generous; posh, stylish; generous

   Det var en utomordentligt gentil middagsbjudning.

   "That was a most elegant dinner party."

Inflection

Anagrams

• enligt

Abinomn

Noun

bon

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bon (feminine bone, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones, comparative moillous, superlative moillous)

1. good

Antonyms

• mau
• mauvois

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?n/

Adjective

bon

1. good; alternative form of bo

Usage notes

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.

Related terms

• bé, ben
• bondat

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon (“from”). Cognate with German von.

Preposition

bon

1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) from, of

Alternative forms

• vo (Luserna)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction

bon

1. bon + in, from the, of the

References

• “bon” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Etymology 1

From French bon (“voucher, ticket”), from the adjective bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). Compare also German Bon (“receipt, voucher”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b???]

Noun

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

1. receipt

Declension

Further reading

• “bon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?b?o?n]

Verb

bon

1. imperative of bone

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?b????]

Verb

bon

1. imperative of bone

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n/
• Hyphenation: bon
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

bon m (plural bonnen or bons, diminutive bonnetje n)

1. receipt
2. (Netherlands) ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
3. voucher

Derived terms

• op de bon

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bon

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bonna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meillor, superlative lo meillor)

1. good

   Comment el est bon de vos veir !

2. right, correct

   Totes voutres réponses sont bonnes !

3. (slang, slightly vulgar, of a woman) sexy

   Cela fenna est vrai bonna !

Antonyms

• mauvais, mal

Related terms

• ben
• bontá

French

Etymology

From Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/, (before a vowel) /b?n?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: bond, bonds, bons

Adjective

bon (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur, superlative le meilleur)

1. good
2. right, correct
3. (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot

Usage notes

Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: bon, mauvais (pire) and petit (moindre).

Antonyms

• mauvais, mal

Derived terms

Related terms

• bien
• bonté

Noun

bon m (plural bons)

1. voucher, ticket, coupon

   Synonyms: coupon, billet

Derived terms

• bon de livraison
• échange de bons procédés

Descendants

• ? German: Bon

Interjection

bon

1. well; OK

Derived terms

• ah bon

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Noun

bon

1. good

Adjective

bon m (feminine buine)

1. good

Antonyms

• trist, cjatîf, brut, frait

Related terms

• ben
• bontât

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective

bon

1. good

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bon (“good”).

Adjective

bon

1. good

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo?n]
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

bon (plural bonok)

1. voucher

Usage notes

It is usually pronounced with a long o but the correct spelling is bon and not bón.

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n/
• Hyphenation: bon

Etymology 1

From Dutch bon (“receipt”), from French bon. Cognate of Danish bon (“receipt”).

Noun

bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

1. receipt.

   Synonyms: faktur, invois, kuitansi, resi

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch bond (“bond”), from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”). Cognate of English bond.

Noun

bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

1. union, association, guild.

   Synonym: perserikatan

Further reading

• “bon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Adjective

bon (comparative melior, superlative le melior or le optime)

1. good

Japanese

Romanization

bon

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bom.

Adjective

bon

1. good

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

1. able
2. good
3. probable

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ban, bone, bane, boon

Etymology

From Old English b?n, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n/
• (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA^(key): /ba?n/

Noun

bon (plural bones)

1. bone

Derived terms

• bakbon
• schulder bone
• bonwort

Descendants

• English: bone
• Geordie English: byen
• Scots: bane, bean, bain
• Yola: bane

References

• “b?n, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• bõ (some manuscripts)

Etymology

From Old French bon.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes) (comparative meilleur, superlative meilleur)

1. good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

Descendants

• French: bon

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?n/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *b?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to shine”).

Noun

b?n f (nominative plural b?na)

1. ornament

Related terms

• b?nian
• ?eb?ned

Etymology 2

Shortening of b?gan.

Verb

b?n

1. Alternative form of b?gan

Old French

Alternative forms

• boen, boun, buen, bun

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun/
• Rhymes: -un

Adjective

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

1. good (not evil)
2. good (not of poor quality)

Declension

Related terms

• bien
• bonté / bunté

Descendants

• Middle French: bon
  • French: bon
• Picard: boin
• Walloon: bon
• ? Middle English: boon, bone
  • English: boon
  • Scots: boon

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• bo

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)

1. good (not evil)
2. good (not of poor quality)

Descendants

• Catalan: bo, bon
• Occitan: bon

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective

bon

1. good

Polish

Etymology

From French bon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n/

Noun

bon m inan

1. voucher, coupon

   Synonym: talon

Declension

Further reading

• bon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French bon.

Noun

bon n (plural bonuri)

1. voucher, ticket, coupon

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From German Bon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bó?n/

Noun

b??n m inan

1. voucher

Inflection

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boom.

Noun

bon

1. tree

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?n/

Noun

bon

1. definite singular of bo
2. indefinite plural of bo

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English bone.

Noun

bon

1. bone

Venetian

Alternative forms

• bòn, bón

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural boni, feminine plural bone) (Alternative masculine plural: buni)

1. good

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [???n??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??????]

Verb

bon • (????)

1. to roll (on wheels)

Volapük

Noun

bon (nominative plural bons)

1. bean

Declension

Derived terms

• bonik

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”).

Adjective

bon

1. good

Antonyms

• måva, mwais