gentile

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Non-Jewish.
2. (not-comparable) Heathen, pagan.
3. (Mormonism, not-comparable) Non-Mormon.
4. (not-comparable) Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
5. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
6. (not-comparable) Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.

Noun

1. (Judaism) A non-Jewish person.
2. (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person.
3. A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.

Synonyms

pagan

heathen

non-Jew

infidel

goy

foreigner

ethnic

Christian

stranger

foreign country

Manichaeism

non-Jewish

noncitizen

alien

👽

neo-pagan

heathenish

kafir

outlander

paganish

pantheist

peace offering

philistine

unchristian

Translations

païen

pagà

pagão

pagano

heidnisch

gentil

gentile

gentio

gentil

Heide

gentil

وثني

infidèle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed 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.