gentile
Non-JewishNon-Jewish.
» Tom is a gentile.
Tom ist Nichtjude.
Meaning
6 senses(not comparable)Non-Jewish.
nichtjüdisch, heidnisch
неевре́йnejevréj, гойgoj
belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
(not comparable)Heathen, pagan.
heidnisch
язы́чникjazýčnik
(Mormonism, not comparable)Non-Mormon.
(not comparable)Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
(not comparable)Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.
Examples
16 sentencesTom is a gentile.
deTom ist Nichtjude. — rul
I would like for you to be someone whose disposition is more gentile, if that's possible.
"Laytn" for gentiles is chiefly used in the phrase "bay laytn", meaning "among gentiles" in a positive sense.
"Sheygets" and "shiksa" refer to young male and female gentiles, respectively, and can be positive or negative depending on the context.
Goy is the Hebrew word for gentile.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the sameBorrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.
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