Polyglot Dictionary

gens

/ʒɑ̃/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. people

    • Beaucoup de gens attendent dehors.

      Many people are waiting outside.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

gente

gente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "people."

Portuguese

povo

povo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "people."

Practice

1 What does gens mean?

2 Fill the gap: Beaucoup de ___ attendent dehors.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gens?

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