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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
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