Definition
A woman of gentle or noble birth; an archaic or obsolete term for a gentlewoman or a woman of quality.
Etymology
From Old French 'gentrice,' the feminine form of 'gentric' (gentle), with the Latin root gentilis. This form represents an alternative medieval English formation that competed with 'gentlewoman' but eventually lost out.
Kelly Says
Words like 'gentrice' show the competitive nature of language evolution—English had multiple ways to say 'noblewoman,' and we still don't fully understand why some won (gentlewoman) while others disappeared (gentrice), lost to history like minor characters in a play.
Translations
BNবাংলা
জেন্টেলম্যান
jen-tle-man
CSČeština
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
DADansk
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
DEDeutsch
Gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
ELΕλληνικά
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
ESEspañol
gentildona
jen-tee-l-do-na
FISuomi
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
FRFrançais
gentildame
jen-teel-dam
GUGU
શ્રીમતી
shree-ma-tee
HEעברית
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
HIहिन्दी
श्रीमती
shree-ma-tee
HUMagyar
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
IDBahasa Indonesia
wanita-wanita yang lembut
wa-ni-ta wa-ni-ta yang lem-but
ITItaliano
gentildonna
jen-tee-l-do-na
KO한국어
귀족 여성
gwi-jok ye-seong
MRMR
श्रीमती
shree-ma-tee
MSBahasa Melayu
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
MYမြန်မာ
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
NLNederlands
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
NONorsk
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
PLPolski
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
PTPortuguês
gentildoa
jen-tee-l-do-a
RORomână
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
RUРусский
джентльмен
jen-tle-men
SVSvenska
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
SWKiswahili
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
TAதமிழ்
சிறந்த பெண்கள்
si-r-antha pe-n-gal
TEతెలుగు
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
THไทย
สุภาพสตรี
su-pa-p-sree
TLTL
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man
TRTürkçe
gentilwoman
jen-teel-wo-man
UKУкраїнська
джентльмен
jen-tle-men
URاردو
جنٹلمین
jan-tle-man
VITiếng Việt
gentlewoman
jen-tle-wo-man