gentleman

CEFRB2

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A polite and well-mannered man.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

Examples

  • I met a certain gentleman at the station.

  • You acted like a true gentleman.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any man.

  2. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

  3. An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

More examples

In context

  • Your conduct doesn't become a gentleman.

  • Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.

  • Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

In Victorian England, a blank was always expected to be chivalrous and polite.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.