gentile

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'gentile', 'Gentile': /ˈdʒɛntaɪl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdʒɛntaɪl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jentīl)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
gen•tile /ˈdʒɛntaɪl/USA pronunciation   adj. (sometimes: Gentile)
  1. Judaism, Religionof or relating to any people not Jewish.

n. [countable]
  1. Judaism, Religiona person who is not Jewish, esp. a Christian.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gen•tile  ( jentīl),USA pronunciation adj. (sometimes cap.)
  1. Judaism, Religionof or pertaining to any people not Jewish.
  2. Judaism, ReligionChristian, as distinguished from Jewish.
  3. Religion[Mormon Ch.]not Mormon.
  4. Religionheathen or pagan.
  5. Linguistics(of a linguistic expression) expressing nationality or local origins.
  6. of or pertaining to a tribe, clan, people, nation, etc.

n. 
  1. Judaism, Religiona person who is not Jewish, esp. a Christian.
  2. Religion(among Mormons) a person who is not a Mormon.
  3. Religiona heathen or pagan.
  • Latin gentīlis, equivalent. to gent-, stem of gēns gens + -īlis -ile
  • Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Gentile /ˈdʒɛntaɪl/ n
  1. a person who is not a Jew
  2. a Christian, as contrasted with a Jew
  3. a person who is not a member of one's own church: used esp by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
  4. a heathen or pagan
adj
  1. of or relating to a race or religion that is not Jewish
  2. Christian, as contrasted with Jewish
  3. not being a member of one's own church: used esp by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
  4. pagan or heathen
Gentile /Italian: dʒenˈtiːle/ n
  1. Giovanni ( dʒoˈvanni ). 1875–1944, Italian Idealist philosopher and Fascist politician: minister of education (1922–24)
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