Meaning

3 senses

  1. A maggot used as bait by anglers.

  2. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

  3. (archaic)A person of high birth.

Examples

263 sentences

  1. Tom is gentle.

    Том ніжний. — deniko

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  2. There's no need to be gentle.

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  3. Tom gave Mary a gentle push.

    ruТом мягко толкнул Мэри. — sharptoothed

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  4. Cookie was a very gentle dog.

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  5. The doctor is gentle with his patients.

    ruВрач внимателен к своим пациентам. — Inego

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Origin

From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble

From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.

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Forms

plural: gentles
Singulargentle
Pluralgentles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gentgentiangentilegentlemanB1gentlemanlygentleness
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