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Meaning of "gentilic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENTILIC

gentilic  [dʒɛnˈtɪlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENTILIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gentilic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENTILIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Demonym

A demonym /ˈdɛmənɪm/, or gentilic, is a term for the residents of a locality. It is usually but not always derived from the name of a locality. For example, the demonym for the people of Britain is British; the demonym for the people of Canada is Canadian; the demonym for the people of Norway is Norwegian; the demonym for the people of Germany is German; the demonym for the people of Switzerland is Swiss; but the most common English language demonym for the people of the Netherlands is Dutch....

Definition of gentilic in the English dictionary

The definition of gentilic in the dictionary is a name derived from a place name that depicts the residents of that place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENTILIC


acetylic
ˌæsɪˈtɪlɪk
acrylic
əˈkrɪlɪk
allylic
ˈælɪlɪk
basilic
bəˈsɪlɪk
brachydactylic
ˌbrækɪdækˈtɪlɪk
carboxylic
ˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk
Cyrillic
sɪˈrɪlɪk
dactylic
dækˈtɪlɪk
electrophilic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈfɪlɪk
Gaelic
ˈɡeɪlɪk
hexadactylic
ˌhɛksədækˈtɪlɪk
hydrophilic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈfɪlɪk
idyllic
ɪˈdɪlɪk
killick
ˈkɪlɪk
macrodactylic
ˌmækrəʊdækˈtɪlɪk
pentadactylic
ˌpentədækˈtɪlɪk
perissodactylic
pəˌrɪsəʊdækˈtɪlɪk
thermophilic
ˌθɜːməʊˈfɪlɪk
Tillich
ˈtɪlɪk
zygodactylic
ˌzaɪɡəʊdækˈtɪlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENTILIC

gentian
gentian blue
gentian violet
gentianaceous
gentianella
gentil
gentile
Gentile da Fabriano
gentilesse
gentilhomme
gentilise
gentilish
gentilism
gentilitial
gentilitian
gentilities
gentilitious
gentility
gentle
gentle breeze

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENTILIC

acidophilic
amphiphilic
basophilic
bibliophilic
eosinophilic
exilic
halophilic
hemophilic
imbecilic
lipophilic
mesophilic
microaerophilic
necrophilic
neutrophilic
nucleophilic
oleophilic
paedophilic
pedophilic
psychrophilic
trochilic

Synonyms and antonyms of gentilic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gentilic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENTILIC

Find out the translation of gentilic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gentilic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gentilic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gentilic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gentilic
570 millions of speakers

English

gentilic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gentilic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gentilic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gentilic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gentilic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gentilic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gentilic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gentil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gentilic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gentilic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gentilic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gentil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xưng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gentilic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौम्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gentilic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gentilic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gentilic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gentilic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gentilic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gentilic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gentilic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gentilic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gentilic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gentilic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTILIC»

The term «gentilic» is used very little and occupies the 168.680 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTILIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gentilic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gentilic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gentilic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENTILIC»

Discover the use of gentilic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gentilic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics
yodhs in the gentilic form would make the word too heavy. Surely you see in the following cases that the form of the noun form before it is made gentilic and afterwards is the same: ''О^ЭП ППО^Тр ""Тр*!?1? (Num. 26:6), •UWn ЛПОЯ70 ' 3W1?
Abu al-Faraj Harun ibn al-Faraj, Geoffrey Khan, María Ángeles Gallego, 1967
2
The Sea Peoples and Their World: A Reassessment
pressed in Hebrew most frequently by the nominal plural, Pelisrim and then in the nominative singular, Peleset, or the gentilic adjective, Pelisti (total occurrences: 294).2 In addition, several other terms and the texts associated with them must ...
Eliezer D. Oren, 2013
3
An Akkadian Handbook: Paradigms, Helps, Glossary, Logograms, ...
1.1 Nominal Paradigms Noun and Adjective Endings Suffixed Pronouns nom gen acc sing -1 -ya plur -a -ya -ya -ayum/-aya gentilic -am -an -an is -anum -anum -is ventive afformative nominal/adj. afformative; perhaps individualizing force ...
Douglas B. Miller, R. Mark Shipp, 1996
4
Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
Only a knowledge of the gentilic nounstem will resolve the difficulty. For example, the defectively written Ayotla will be revealed as either Avotlan. "At a Place in the Vicinity of Turtles," or Ayotlah, "In a Place of Abundant Turtles," by the gentilic ...
James Richard Andrews, 2003
5
A Study of the Biblical Story of Joseph: (Genesis 37-50)
Ebbell interprets as Hebrew millahat, followed by a gentilic Hhrit.1 The two /'s in the Ptolemaic writing are reminiscent of the frequent writings of names of countries in Greco-Roman hieroglyphic script. Classical authors too used the gentilic ...
Donald B. Redford, 1970
6
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Tarabnel(t)a 'Arab' The pi.c. form of gentilic nouns is based on the m. form with the pi. ending -e : koyne, mdsdrne, Trusne, Tarabne. In addition, the noun ndwyelta 'prophetess' is derived from ndwya 'prophet' by the gentilic suffix -elta. ( 2) m.
Hezy Mutzafi, 2004
7
The Archaeology of the Iberians
The fitst (second half of the seventh centuty BC and tefutbished in 580) teveals a complex on a temote hillock above the suttounding counttyside, which constitutes a classic model fot the gentilic atistoctacy; it is built tound a patio with the ateas ...
Arturo Ruiz, Manuel Molinos, 1998
8
Identification of Darius the Mede
Gesenius explains that gentilic names are patronymics, which are “derived from compound proper names (consisting of a nomen regens [sic] and genitive), [and] are determined by inserting the article before the second part of the compound ...
George Law, 2010
9
Ugaritic Textbook: Grammar, Texts in Transliteration, ...
The following are m. pi. of the gentilic: atrym (1089:3) ' Assyrians ', m?rym (1089 : 7, 10) ' Egyptians ' («), gt . mlkym (115: 5). htyt (1099 : 3) ' Hittite woma/en ' is either f. sg. or f. pi. Unless we are dealing with dit- tography, the following is ...
Cyrus H. Gordon, 1998
10
The Romanization of Central Spain: Complexity, Diversity and ...
However, the appearanceof thesame gentilic name in two different places does not necessarilyprovea connection; sincethey are derived from personalnames, some of the duplicates may be coincidental. Some societies have clansthat are ...
Leonard A Curchin, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENTILIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gentilic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sailer On Jeffrey Goldberg's “Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?”
Of course, you to still have to often wade through an enormous amount of anti-gentilic rage to get to what's really bothering these swing pundits. «VDARE.com, Mar 15»
2
Op-Talk | Why You Lie About Where You're From
... from which they probably derive a substantial part of their identity, get to claim the urban gentilic? Sure, your mailing address is in Hoboken, ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
3
Notsrim in the Talmud: Mandaeans, Christians, or Both?
A gentilic ascribed to Jesus (Matt. 2:23; Mark 14:67) and once, by extension, to his followers (Acts 24:5). Even though the term Nazarene occurs ... «Patheos, Aug 14»
4
Meet Rodrigo Paiva, Brazil's Player-Punching Media Ringmaster
But as a Paulista, a gentilic from residents of São Paulo, Marin felt he didn't have Paiva's loyalty. Paiva, sensing danger, acted swiftly. «Deadspin, Jul 14»
5
The Mystery of the Origins of Yiddish Will Never Be Solved
... its weaving together of semitic and gentilic elements, the language seems to encapsulate the tension at the heart of modern Jewish existence ... «Tablet Magazine, Jun 14»
6
I'm a Goy for Christ's Sake!
And despite the gentilic giveaway in my blog's name, these critics quite often assume I am Jewish. One furious tweeter screeched at me: “If you ... «Algemeiner, Dec 13»
7
Why 'Daniel Deronda' is a Radical Failure
... lovely and inspired Gwendolyn Harleth—the first and gentilic of the novel's protagonists—who ruins Eliot's final foray into literature, but rather, ... «Tablet Magazine, Sep 13»
8
Why would a Jew become a Mormon? Ask Marlena
A: How does a proper Jewess cross the seemingly uncrossable line to Christianity, then venture further to the hallowed country of the Gentilic, ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Jun 12»
9
What do you call yourself?
I grabbed a library book that stated that a resident's name is technically termed a demonym or a gentilic. A demonym can refer to the people ... «Albert Lea Tribune, Nov 11»
10
Hong Kong, Not America, Has More iPads Per Person Than Any …
But what's the gentilic for those born in the USA? ... So that begs the question: What's the gentilic (or demonym) for those born in the US? «Cult of Mac, Jul 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gentilic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gentilic>. Apr 2024 ».
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