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gentil

/ʒɑ̃.ti/

adjective/ʒɑ̃.ti/

noble; gallant, courteous; kind, sweet; sweet but not much else; vanilla; well behaved, good; pleasant, amiable, nice

Elle reçut une petite tape gentille sur les fesses.She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks.

Synonyms: policé, sage, beau, mignon, joli

Antonyms: méchant

Inherited from Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).

noun, masculine/ʒɑ̃.ti/plural: gentils

pagan, heretic; gentile

Inherited from Old French gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).