gentile
意味
- (ユダヤ人から見た)異邦人
- 《米》(モルモン教徒から見た)非モルモン教徒
- (一般に)異教徒
- 非ユダヤ人の;異教徒の
例文
I would like for you to be someone whose disposition is more gentile, if that's possible.
どうせなら、物腰の柔らかい人になって欲しいです。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.