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gente.

noble

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
  1. noble

    archaic · by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine · poetic
  2. elegant, refined, gentle

    archaic · broadly · by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine · poetic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Occitan gent, from Latin [homō] gentis (“[man] of noble family”).

noun/ˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
  1. gens (legally defined unit of Roman society)

    Ancient-Rome · archaic · feminine · historical · poetic
  2. lineage

    archaic · feminine · poetic
  3. population

    archaic · feminine · poetic
  4. people (a person's ancestors, relatives or family)

    archaic · feminine · poetic
  5. people, guys, folks (body of human beings)

    archaic · collective · feminine · poetic
  6. people (mass of a community)

    archaic · feminine · poetic
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tim. Doublet of genesi via Ancient Greek, and compare etymology 1.

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