GENTILE


Meaning of GENTILE in English

/ ˈdʒentaɪl; NAmE / (also Gentile ) noun

a person who is not Jewish

►  gen·tile (also Gentile ) adjective [ only before noun ]

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Latin gentilis of a family or nation, of the same clan (used in the Vulgate to refer to non-Jews), from gens , gent- family, race, from the root of gignere beget.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.