Albanian

Alternative forms

• Genc

Proper noun

Gent m

1. A male given name
2. of royale descent

Related terms

• Muji
• Gentian

Czech

Proper noun

Gent m

1. Ghent

Derived terms

• gentský

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• IPA^(key): /ɣɛnt/

Proper noun

Gent n

1. City of Ghent.

English

Noun

gent ‎(plural gents)

1. A gentleman.

Related terms

• genteel
• gentile
• gentle

Etymology 2

From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum ‎(“born”).

Adjective

gent ‎(comparative more gent, superlative most gent)

1. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
   • Chaucer

     A knight [who] was fair and gent.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:

     He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].

2. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
   • Spenser

     Her body gent and small.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

gent f ‎(uncountable)

1. people, folk

See also

• persona

French

Etymology

Latin gentis, plural of gens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃/

Noun

gent f ‎(plural gents or gens)

1. (obsolete) people, nation
2. (obsolete) tribe
3. company, those who are in accompaniment

Adjective

gent m ‎(feminine singular gente, masculine plural gents, feminine plural gentes)

1. (obsolete or humorous) nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing

Old French

Etymology

Latin gens

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒãnt/
• Rhymes: -ãnt

Noun

gent f ‎(oblique plural genz or gentz, nominative singular gent, nominative plural genz or gentz)

1. population; people

   la Franceise gent - the French people

Adjective

gent m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular gente)

1. fair; beautiful

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

gent

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of gen.