"gentil" meaning in French

See gentil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʒɑ̃.ti/ Audio: Fr-gentil.ogg Forms: gentille [feminine], gentils [masculine, plural], gentilles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|gentil|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French gentil, {{inh+|fr|fro|gentil}} Inherited from Old French gentil, {{bor|fr|la|gentīlis}} Latin gentīlis, {{m|la|gēns||Roman clan}} gēns (“Roman clan”) Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=gentille}} gentil (feminine gentille, masculine plural gentils, feminine plural gentilles)
  1. helpful, kind
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-F8QrJ3jg
  2. pleasant, amiable, nice Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-pN8SVoz4 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 27 17 0 3 22 13 16
  3. attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-Tp9llhqe Disambiguation of Personality: 0 27 17 0 3 22 13 16
  4. (idiomatic) all very well Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-NA373Lz4
  5. well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-Msnq3YqE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 5 12 1 45 5 2 7
  6. fairly large, nice, tidy Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-adj-qtm5B~sG Disambiguation of Personality: 0 27 17 0 3 22 13 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aimable

Noun

IPA: /ʒɑ̃.ti/ Audio: Fr-gentil.ogg Forms: gentils [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|gentil|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French gentil, {{inh+|fr|fro|gentil}} Inherited from Old French gentil, {{bor|fr|la|gentīlis}} Latin gentīlis, {{m|la|gēns||Roman clan}} gēns (“Roman clan”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} gentil m (plural gentils)
  1. pagan, heretic Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-noun-1BCjwiI9 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 27 17 0 3 22 13 16
  2. gentile Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gentil-fr-noun-eIxpnwOs Disambiguation of Personality: 0 27 17 0 3 22 13 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: genre, gens, gentilhomme, gentillesse, gentiment

Inflected forms

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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.