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Meaning of gens | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈɡẽːs]

Definitions

  1. Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
    declension-3
  2. stock, tribe
    declension-3
  3. nation, country
    declension-3
  4. people, family
    declension-3
  5. the chief gods
    declension-3
  6. heathen, pagan
    Judaism, declension-3

Equivalents

العربية أممي أمي
Български род
Bosanski član pogan pogan rače поган поган род
Čeština pohan
Dansk hedensk
Deutsch Gens gentile Goi Goj Heide Nichtjude nichtjüdisch
Ελληνικά εθνικός
English clan country family gens Gentile Heathen nation Pagan people race stock tribe
Esperanto ĝoja ĝojo nejudo
Español gens gentil pagano
Suomi gens pakana suku
Français Gens Gentil gentilé gentilé
עברית גּוֹי נכרי
Hrvatski član pogan pogan rače поган поган род
Bahasa Indonesia kafir
Italiano gens gentile gentile
日本語 ゲンス
한국어 이방인
Kurdî kafir pagan
Te Reo Māori tauiwi
Nederlands gens goj heidens niet-Joods
Polski goj plemienny pogański
Português gens gente gentio
Română păgân
Русский гой неевре́й род язычник
Српски član pogan pogan rače поган поган род
Svenska gens hednisk

Examples

“Sī petat ā victīs, tot sūmat nōmina Caesar,”

Were Caesar to seek his names from the conquered, he would have to assume as many in number as the vast world has nations.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gens Licinia Gensericus gente gentem gentes genti

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