"gentlebeing" meaning in English

See gentlebeing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: gentlebeings [plural]
Etymology: gentle + being, modelled on gentleman. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gentle|being}} gentle + being Head templates: {{en-noun}} gentlebeing (plural gentlebeings)
  1. (science fiction, usually in the plural, sometimes humorous) Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise. Tags: humorous, plural-normally, sometimes Categories (topical): Science fiction

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gentlebeing meaning in English (2.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gentle",
        "3": "being"
      },
      "expansion": "gentle + being",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gentle + being, modelled on gentleman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gentlebeings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gentlebeing (plural gentlebeings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English karmadharaya compounds",
          "parents": [
            "Karmadharaya compounds",
            "Tatpurusa compounds",
            "Compound terms",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Science fiction",
          "orig": "en:Science fiction",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, James R. Lane, Last Dance of the Phoenix, page 204",
          "text": "Ladies and gentlebeings, let me introduce to you Doctor N'looma and her assistant L'raan, the Yularians who, along with other medical staff, were instrumental in giving me a new lease on life!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise."
      ],
      "id": "en-gentlebeing-en-noun-tdWEWpMT",
      "links": [
        [
          "science fiction",
          "science fiction"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(science fiction, usually in the plural, sometimes humorous) Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "plural-normally",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "science-fiction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gentlebeing"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gentle",
        "3": "being"
      },
      "expansion": "gentle + being",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gentle + being, modelled on gentleman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gentlebeings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gentlebeing (plural gentlebeings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English karmadharaya compounds",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Science fiction"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, James R. Lane, Last Dance of the Phoenix, page 204",
          "text": "Ladies and gentlebeings, let me introduce to you Doctor N'looma and her assistant L'raan, the Yularians who, along with other medical staff, were instrumental in giving me a new lease on life!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "science fiction",
          "science fiction"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(science fiction, usually in the plural, sometimes humorous) Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "plural-normally",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "science-fiction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gentlebeing"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.