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masculine

/dʒɛn.tel.man/

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Translation

gentleman, well-mannered man

Word origin

Borrowed from English gentleman, a compound of gentle and man. English 'gentle' itself came from Old French gentil, so the word crossed the Channel twice.

Origin: English
Root: gentleman
English cognates: gentleman, gentle, genteel

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralgentlemenirregular

Examples

' .

He behaved like a real gentleman all evening.

A gentleman never lets a lady down.

The old gentleman was wearing a black hat.

décrit .

Everyone describes him as a perfect gentleman.

His father was a gentleman of the old school.

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This word is part of lesson 57.