gent

Etymology 1
Short for.

Noun

 * 1)  A gentleman.

Etymology 2
From, from , ultimately from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
 * 2)  neat; pretty; elegant
 * 1)  neat; pretty; elegant

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) people, folk

Etymology 1
From, from , variant of , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  gander, male goose

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)   bird of the  family

Etymology
, from. Cf. .

Noun

 * 1)  people, nation
 * 2)  race, species (of animals)
 * 3)  tribe
 * 4) company, those who are in accompaniment
 * 1)  race, species (of animals)
 * 2)  tribe
 * 3) company, those who are in accompaniment
 * 1)  tribe
 * 2) company, those who are in accompaniment
 * 1)  tribe
 * 2) company, those who are in accompaniment
 * 1)  tribe
 * 2) company, those who are in accompaniment
 * 1) company, those who are in accompaniment

Adjective

 * 1)  nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing

Etymology
From earlier ; if from, possibly from , from , equivalent to +  (similar to the town ); or related to the Celtic goddess Gontia. The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin.

Middle English

 * 1) noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful

Etymology 1
From, accusative singular of. The nominative singular descends from a regularized form: oblique stem gent- and 3rd declension nominative.

Noun

 * 1) people, population
 * la Franceise gent - the French people

Etymology 2
From, perfect passive participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) fair, beautiful, handsome
 * 2) brave and beautiful
 * 3) polite

Usage notes
The Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français points out the difficulty of translating this word into modern languages. The adjective describes an ideal person in a given context: brave warriors in , loyal good men in tales of courtly love, polite people in all occasions, who are always handsome or beautiful. It also notes the meaning 'well-born, aristocratic', mentioned in some dictionaries of Old French, is extremely rarely attested.

Related terms

 * , also spelled