"gent" meaning in English

See gent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more gent [comparative], most gent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gent}} Middle English gent, {{der|en|fro|gent}} Old French gent, {{der|en|la|genitum||born}} Latin genitum (“born”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
  1. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gent-en-adj-QrECy0QS Disambiguation of People: 41 27 28 4
  2. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gent-en-adj-Riv6TSx4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Short for gentleman. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gentleman}} gentleman Head templates: {{en-noun}} gent (plural gents)
  1. (colloquial) A gentleman. Tags: colloquial Derived forms: city gent, ladies and gents Related terms: genteel, gentile, gentle
    Sense id: en-gent-en-noun-Zcb8ENVw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gent.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gent (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable Alternative form of: gentamicin Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-gent-en-noun-o4GWrNEn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 8 16 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 14 15 45 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gent meaning in English (4.8kB)

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