different between gentil vs nation

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

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /?ne??.??n/, /?ne??.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n, -e???n

Etymology 1

From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nation, nacion, nasion (“nation”), from Latin n?ti?nem, accusative of (g)n?ti? (“nation, race, birth”) from (g)n?tus, past participle stem of (g)n?sc? (“to be born”). Displaced native Middle English theode, thede (“nation”) (from Old English þ?od), Middle English burthe (“birth, nation, race, nature”), Middle English leod, leode, lede (“people, race”) (from Old English l?od). Compare Saterland Frisian Nation (“nation”), West Frisian naasje (“nation”), Dutch natie (“nation”), German Low German Natschoon (“nation”). German Nation (“nation”), Danish nation (“nation”), Norwegian Bokmål nasjon (“nation”), Norwegian Nynorsk nasjon (“nation”), Swedish nation (“nation”).

Noun

nation (plural nations)

1. A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

2. (international law) A sovereign state.

3. (chiefly historical) An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

4. (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.

Usage notes

• (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.

Synonyms

• (nationality, people group, race or kindred): thede (archaic or obsolete)
• (association of students): student nation

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Probably short for damnation.

Noun

nation

1. (rare) Damnation.

Adverb

nation

1. (rare, dialectal) Extremely, very.

References

• "Notable and Quotable," Merriam Webster Online Newsletter (November, 2005) [1] (as accessed on December 23, 2005).

Anagrams

• Tonian, anoint

Danish

Etymology

From Latin n?ti? (“birth, people”), derived from the verb n?scor (“to be born”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na??o?n]

Noun

nation c (singular definite nationen, plural indefinite nationer)

1. a nation, a people with a common identity, united in history, culture or language
2. a nation, a country that is a politically independent unity

Inflection

References

• “nation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, borrowed from Latin n?ti?nem, accusative singular of n?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

nation f (plural nations)

1. nation

Derived terms

Anagrams

• tonnai

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nacion.

Noun

nation f (plural nations)

1. nation

Descendants

• French: nation

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat??u?n/

Noun

nation c

1. a nation, a nationality, a people
2. a nation, a country, a state
3. a union or fraternity of students from the same province

Declension

Related terms

• Förenta nationerna
• nationaldag
• nationalism
• nationalist
• nationalitet
• nationell
• Nationernas förbund
• nationshus
• nationsliv
• studentnation