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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin genitīvus. Doublet of genitivo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iu, -iw
- Hyphenation: gen‧ti‧o
Adjective
gentio (feminine gentia, masculine plural gentios, feminine plural gentias)
- gentile; heathen
- Synonym: pagão
Noun
gentio m (plural gentios)(also used collectively)
- gentile; heathen
- Synonym: pagão
- (archaic) Native
- Synonym: nativo
Further reading
- “gentio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “gentio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “gentio”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “gentio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “gentio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “gentio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024