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1 gens
gens [ʒɑ̃]1. plural masculine nouna. people• les gens sont fous ! people are crazy!• les gens du pays or du coin (inf) the local peopleb. (avec accord féminin de l'adjectif antéposé) ce sont de petites gens they are people of modest means• vieilles/braves gens old/good people2. compounds► les gens du voyage ( = gitans) travellers* * *ʒɑ̃nom masculin pluriel1) ( personnes) peopleles gens du coin — the local people, the locals péj
2) ( domestiques) servants, household (sg); ( escorte) retinue (sg)•Phrasal Verbs:
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When used with gens, the adjectives bon, mauvais, petit, vieux, vilain are placed before gens and in the feminine: (toutes) les vieilles gens. But the gender of gens itself does not change: les bonnes gens sont heureux. All other adjectives behave normally: (tous) les braves gens* * *ʒɛ̃s nmplpeople pl* * *I.gens nmpl1 ( personnes) people; il y a des gens qui… there are (some) people who…; que pensent les gens? what do people think?; les gens de la ville town ou city dwellers; les gens de la campagne country people ou folk; les gens du coin the local people, the locals péj; les gens sans histoires ordinary people; des tas○ de gens loads of○ people; la plupart des gens most people; les gens heureux happy people; les vieilles gens old people; tous les braves gens all good people; toutes les mauvaises gens all bad people; écoutez bonnes gens‡ hark ye here, good people‡;gens d'affaires business people; gens d'armes men at arms; gens de cour courtiers; gens d'église clergymen; gens d'épée soldiers; gens de lettres writers; gens de loi lawyers; gens de maison servants; gens du monde polite society; gens de robe lawyers; gens de théâtre actors; gens du voyage travelling people. When used with gens, the adjectives bon, mauvais, petit, vieux, vilain are placed before gens and in the feminine: (toutes) les vieilles gens. But the gender of gens itself does not change: les bonnes gens sont heureux. All other adjectives behave normally: (tous) les braves gens.II.I[ʒɑ̃] nom masculin pluriel & nom féminin pluriel1. [personnes] (adjectif au féminin si placé avant; adjectif au masculin si placé après) peopleles vieilles gens old people, old folkbeaucoup de gens many people, a lot of peoplegens de la campagne country folk ou peopleles gens d'ici people from around here, the localsdes gens simples ordinary folk ou peopleles gens de la ville townspeople, townsfolkles bonnes gens murmurent que... people are saying ou whispering that...2. [corporation]comme disent les gens du métier as the experts ou the professionals sayles gens d'Église clergymen, the clergy, the clothgens de maison servants, domestic staffgens du spectacle stage ou showbusiness peoplea. [artistes] travelling players ou performersb. [gitans] travellersII[ʒɛ̃s] ( pluriel gentes [ʒɛ̃tɛs]) nom féminin[groupe de familles] gens -
2 académie
académie [akademi]feminine nouna. ( = société savante) learned societyb. ( = école) academyc. ( = circonscription) regional education authority━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━For educational administration purposes, France is divided into areas known as académies, each administered by a « recteur d'académie ». Allocation of teaching posts is centralized, so that newly qualified teachers often begin their careers in académies other than the one in which they originally lived.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634, this prestigious learned society has forty elected life members, commonly known as « les Immortels ». They meet in a building on the quai Conti in Paris. The building's ornate dome has given rise to the expression « être reçu sous la coupole », meaning to be admitted as a member of the Académie française. The Académie arbitrates on correct usage.* * *akademi1) ( école) schoolacadémie de peinture or de dessin — art academy
2) École, Université ≈ local education authority GB, school district US* * *akademi nf1) (= société) learned society2) (= école) [art, danse] academy3) ART (= nu) nude4) ÉDUCATION (= circonscription) regional education authority* * *académie nf1 ( école) (de billard, danse) school; ( de police) academy; académie de peinture or de dessin art academy;4 ( groupe de personnes) society.[akademi] nom fémininl'Académie française the French Academy, the Académie Française (learned society of leading men and women of letters)2. [école] academyacadémie de danse/musique academy of dance/music3. [salle]Originally a group of men of letters who were encouraged by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 to become an official body. L'académie française consists of forty distinguished writers known as les Quarante or les Immortels. Its chief task is to produce a definitive dictionary and to be the ultimate authority in matters concerning the French language. -
3 Académie française
A scholarly body composed of 40 life members selected on the basis of their contribution to scholarship or literature. It is primarily known nowadays for its role in monitoring developments in the French language and for its rulings on French usage which are encoded in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française but which are not always taken seriously by the public at large* * *the French Academy, the Académie Française (learned society of leading men and women of letters) -
4 gens de lettres
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