gentilité
French, noun/ʒɑ̃.ti.li.te/
gentilité is spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentilité is a French feminine noun meaning “paganism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toutes les nations païennes”.
What does gentilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepaganism
- 2
feminineidolatry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toutes les nations païennes. 2. Profession d’idolâtrie.
noun: 1. Classe, élégance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gentilité
- gentilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentilité?
- /ʒɑ̃.ti.li.te/
- \ʒɑ̃.ti.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gentilité in French?
gentilité appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).