gent
nomadjectifnomattesté dans les dialogues
- //d͡ʒɛnt//
A gentleman.
nom
- 1
A gentleman.
He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent.
Étymologie
Short for gentleman.
adjectif
- 1
obsolèteNoble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]
- 2
obsolèteneat; pretty; elegant
Her body gent and small.
Étymologie
From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
nom
- 1
Variante de gentamicinClipping of gentamicin.
Formes
- pluriel
- gents
- comparatif
- more gent
- superlatif
- most gent