"gente" meaning in Italian

See gente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.te/ Forms: genti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnte Etymology: Borrowed from Old Occitan gent, from Latin [homō] gentis (“[man] of noble family”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|pro|gent|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Occitan gent, {{bor+|it|pro|gent}} Borrowed from Old Occitan gent, {{der|it|la|􂀿homō􂁀 gentis||􂀿man􂁀 of noble family}} Latin [homō] gentis (“[man] of noble family”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} gente (plural genti)
  1. noble Tags: obsolete Synonyms: nobile
    Sense id: en-gente-it-adj-06YcaERG
  2. (by extension) elegant, refined, gentle Tags: broadly, obsolete Synonyms: fine, gentile, leggiadro
    Sense id: en-gente-it-adj-7xC9Lk-p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: giente
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.te/ Forms: genti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnte Etymology: From Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Doublet of genesi via Ancient Greek, and compare etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{dercat|it|itc-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|it|la|gēns|gentem}} Latin gentem, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*ǵénh₁tis}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, {{doublet|it|genesi}} Doublet of genesi, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} gente f (plural genti)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) gens (legally defined unit of Roman society) Tags: Ancient-Rome, feminine, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-QLhuTpQb
  2. lineage Tags: feminine Synonyms: discendenza, genia [literary], lignaggio, progenie, razza, schiatta [literary], stirpe
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-BxPxNuox
  3. population Tags: feminine Synonyms: popolazione
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-T57cTT7Q
  4. people (a person's ancestors, relatives or family) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-PRXMJuUw
  5. (collective) people, guys, folks (body of human beings) Tags: collective, feminine
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-y862~gR6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 12 3 1 19 36 3
  6. people (mass of a community) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gente-it-noun-cJmuDeIW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gentaglia, gentame Related terms: gentile
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "english": "In two such extremes are two peoples: the Italians and the French. None of them is much; the former seeing nothing, the latter everything, in themselves.",
          "ref": "1789–1798, Vittorio Alfieri, “Sonetto ⅩⅩⅩⅥ. 20 febbraio 1795. [Sonnet 36 - 20 February 1795]”, in Misogallo [French-hater]), lines 9–11; collected in Gli epigrammi, le satire, il Misogallo di Vittorio Alfieri [The epigrams, the satires, the French-hater by Vittorio Alfieri]), Turin, Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples: Ditta G. B. Paravia e comp., 1903, page 178",
          "text": "In tai due estremi, due vicine genti / Stanno, gl’Itali, e i Galli: ambo son poco; / Nulla quei, tutto questi in sè veggenti.",
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          "english": "Love, your virtue is not understood by the world and the people, who, hurt by worthlessness, follow their doom and escape their salvation.",
          "ref": "1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro primo, Capitolo Ⅲ [First book, Chapter 3]”, in Gli Asolani [The Asolani]; collected in Carlo Dionisotti, editor, Prose della volgar lingua, Gli Asolani, Rime (I classici italiani TEA Tascabili), Milan: Editori Associati, 1989",
          "text": "Amor, la tua virtute / Non è dal mondo e da la gente intesa, / Che, da viltate offesa, / Segue suo danno e fugge sua salute.",
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          "english": "No, true Freedom doesn't share its unparalleled gifts with people who lie rotten under the vortexes of all vices.",
          "ref": "1789–1798, Vittorio Alfieri, “Ode - 29 decembre 1792. [Ode - 29 December 1792]”, in Misogallo [French-hater]); collected in Gli epigrammi, le satire, il Misogallo di Vittorio Alfieri [The epigrams, the satires, the French-hater by Vittorio Alfieri]), Turin, Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples: Ditta G. B. Paravia e comp., 1903, page 157",
          "text": "Suoi doni impareggiabili / No, non comparte Libertà verace / A gente, ch’infra i vortici / Dei vizj tutti putrefatta giace.",
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          "english": "In the vicinity of Paris, the children of poor people generally live less than [they do] in the further provinces.",
          "ref": "1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Parte prima - Principii e viste generali [General principles and viewpoints]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of public economics], section 45; collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria, volume 2, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1822, page 66",
          "text": "nei contorni di Parigi i figli della povera gente vivono in generale meno che nelle provincie lontane",
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    "Italian terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛnte/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gentaglia"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentame"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gēns",
        "4": "gentem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gentem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵénh₁tis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "genesi"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of genesi",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Doublet of genesi via Ancient Greek, and compare etymology 1.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "genti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "gente f (plural genti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gèn‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gentile"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with historical senses",
        "it:Ancient Rome"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gens (legally defined unit of Roman society)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ancient Rome",
          "Ancient Rome"
        ],
        [
          "gens",
          "gens"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Ancient Rome) gens (legally defined unit of Roman society)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Rome",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Italian people, who have many lives, wherever your night dawns, and a shadow of the past years wanders around, there you find the poet.",
          "ref": "1898, Giosuè Carducci, “La chiesa di Polenta [The Church of Polenta]”, in Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms], lines 37–40; collected in Poesie di Giosuè Carducci [Poems by Giosuè Carducci]), 1906, page 1012",
          "text": "Itala gente da le molte vite, / dove che albeggi la tua notte e un’ombra / vagoli spersa de’ vecchi anni, vedi / ivi il poeta.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lineage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lineage",
          "lineage"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "discendenza"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "genia"
        },
        {
          "word": "lignaggio"
        },
        {
          "word": "progenie"
        },
        {
          "word": "razza"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "schiatta"
        },
        {
          "word": "stirpe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In two such extremes are two peoples: the Italians and the French. None of them is much; the former seeing nothing, the latter everything, in themselves.",
          "ref": "1789–1798, Vittorio Alfieri, “Sonetto ⅩⅩⅩⅥ. 20 febbraio 1795. [Sonnet 36 - 20 February 1795]”, in Misogallo [French-hater]), lines 9–11; collected in Gli epigrammi, le satire, il Misogallo di Vittorio Alfieri [The epigrams, the satires, the French-hater by Vittorio Alfieri]), Turin, Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples: Ditta G. B. Paravia e comp., 1903, page 178",
          "text": "In tai due estremi, due vicine genti / Stanno, gl’Itali, e i Galli: ambo son poco; / Nulla quei, tutto questi in sè veggenti.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "population"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "population",
          "population"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "popolazione"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "people (a person's ancestors, relatives or family)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian collective nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people, guys, folks (body of human beings)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "guys",
          "guys"
        ],
        [
          "folks",
          "folks"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collective) people, guys, folks (body of human beings)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Love, your virtue is not understood by the world and the people, who, hurt by worthlessness, follow their doom and escape their salvation.",
          "ref": "1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro primo, Capitolo Ⅲ [First book, Chapter 3]”, in Gli Asolani [The Asolani]; collected in Carlo Dionisotti, editor, Prose della volgar lingua, Gli Asolani, Rime (I classici italiani TEA Tascabili), Milan: Editori Associati, 1989",
          "text": "Amor, la tua virtute / Non è dal mondo e da la gente intesa, / Che, da viltate offesa, / Segue suo danno e fugge sua salute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "No, true Freedom doesn't share its unparalleled gifts with people who lie rotten under the vortexes of all vices.",
          "ref": "1789–1798, Vittorio Alfieri, “Ode - 29 decembre 1792. [Ode - 29 December 1792]”, in Misogallo [French-hater]); collected in Gli epigrammi, le satire, il Misogallo di Vittorio Alfieri [The epigrams, the satires, the French-hater by Vittorio Alfieri]), Turin, Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples: Ditta G. B. Paravia e comp., 1903, page 157",
          "text": "Suoi doni impareggiabili / No, non comparte Libertà verace / A gente, ch’infra i vortici / Dei vizj tutti putrefatta giace.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "In the vicinity of Paris, the children of poor people generally live less than [they do] in the further provinces.",
          "ref": "1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Parte prima - Principii e viste generali [General principles and viewpoints]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of public economics], section 45; collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria, volume 2, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1822, page 66",
          "text": "nei contorni di Parigi i figli della povera gente vivono in generale meno che nelle provincie lontane",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people (mass of a community)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛn.te/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnte"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "it:gente"
  ],
  "word": "gente"
}

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