gent

(jĕnt)
adj. Archaic
Graceful; elegant.

[Middle English, noble, excellent, from Old French, well-born, from Latin genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget.]

gent² (jĕnt)
n. Informal
A gentleman.

[Short for GENTLEMAN.]

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman'

Meaning #2: a boy or man
  Synonyms: chap, fellow, feller, lad, fella, blighter, cuss

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - køn, yndefuld

2.
n. - herre, fin herre

idioms:

• the Gents    herretoilet

Nederlands (Dutch)
heer, (mv) heren-

Français (French)
1.
adj. - élégant, gracieux

2.
n. - gentleman, messieurs, pour hommes

idioms:

• the Gents    toilettes pour hommes, messieurs

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - elegant, graziös, charmant

2.
n. - Herr

idioms:

• the Gents    Herrentoilette

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ειρων.) κύριος

idioms:

• the Gents    αποχωρητήριο ανδρών

Italiano (Italian)
signore

idioms:

• the Gents    bagno per uomini

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
abbr. - cavalheiro (m)

idioms:

• the Gents    banheiro (m) de homens (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
джентльмен, элегантный, благородный

idioms:

• the Gents    мужская уборная

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - caballero, elegante, gracioso

2.
n. - caballero

idioms:

• the Gents    los servicios (de caballeros)

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - gentleman
n. - herre

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绅士, 假绅士

idioms:

• the Gents    绅士们, 男子们

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紳士, 假紳士

idioms:

• the Gents    紳士們, 男子們

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 기품 있는

2.
n. - 녀석

idioms:

• the Gents    남성용 화장실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 男, 紳士

idioms:

• the Gents    男子用トイレ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص, رجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הדור, מלא חן‬
n. - ‮ג'נטלמן, גבר אבירי, אדיב, או מחונך היטב‬

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