gentil
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adjective
- noble; gallant, courteous
- kind, sweet
- sweet but not much else; vanilla
- well behaved, good
- pleasant, amiable, nice
noun
- pagan, heretic
- gentile
Used in the library
- – ...Oh! là! là! mais c'est fort gentil à voir que ces quatre feintes de tierce, de quarte, de seconde et de prime se terminant par une botte de quinte.- ...Oh! There! There! But it is very nice to see that these four feints of third, quarter, second and bonus ending with a boot of quaint.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- — Que les païens, les gentils et les infidèles appellent duc de Buckingham, reprit Milady; je n’aurais pas cru qu’il y aurait eu un Anglais dans toute l’Angleterre qui eût eu besoin d’une si longue explication pour reconnaître celui dont je voulais parler!"That the Gentiles, Gentiles, and Unfaithfuls call the Duke of Buckingham," said Milady; "I would not have believed that there would have been an Englishman in all England who would have needed such a long explanation to recognize the one I wanted to speak of!B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Si telles étaient les idées du gros de la nation iroquoise, on conçoit sans peine que Griffe-d'Ours, que ses exploits avaient fait nommer chef à un âge assez peu avancé, et auquel ses cruautés avaient mérité le surnom de Main-Sanglante, estimait bien plus les ardentes émotions de la bataille que les «gentils combats d'amour», comme disaient les trouvères de la vieille Europe.If these were the ideas of the bulk of the Iroquois nation, it is easy to imagine that Griffe-d'Ours, that his exploits had appointed leader at a fairly early age, and to which his cruelty had earned the nickname of Main-Sanglante, considered the fierce emotions of the battle much more than the "gentle fights of love", as the trouvères of old Europe said.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
Other ways to say it
Saying thank you
- c'est gentilthat's kindSaid for a small kindness, and very common.