gentile
A non-Jewish personA non-Jewish person.
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Meaning
3 senses(Judaism)A non-Jewish person.
Goj, Nichtjude, Nichtjüdin
гойgoj
гойhoj
(Mormonism)A non-Mormon person.
A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.
Gentile
- a Christian
- a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
- a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
- a person who does not acknowledge your god
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
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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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Forms
plural: gentilesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsSee also
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