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gents

gent
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jent]
    • /dʒɛnt/
    • /dʒent/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jent]
    • /dʒɛnt/

Definitions of gents word

  • noun gents Flemish name of Ghent. 1
  • noun gents (colloquial) toilets intended for use by men. 1
  • noun gents a men's public lavatory 0
See all 3 definitions of gents

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Origin of gents

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; by shortening

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Gents

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Gents

gents popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

gents usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for gents

noun gents

  • boy — A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
  • guy — a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “woods.”.
  • father — a male parent.
  • sir — a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir.
  • grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
All 18 Synonyms of gents

Antonyms for gents

noun gents

  • girl — a female child, from birth to full growth.
  • female — a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
All 2 Antonyms of gents

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