gentille
French, adjective/ʒɑ̃.tij/
gentille is spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentille is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of gentil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gentille mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gentil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personnage féminin d’une œuvre de fiction qui incarne le bien, par opposition à la méchante qui fait le mal.
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 gentille
- gentilles plural
- gentil masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentille?
- /ʒɑ̃.tij/
- \ʒɑ̃.tij\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gentille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gentille in French?
gentille appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).