Definitions For Gentilic

Noun

GENTILIC (plural GENTILICs) A personal name derived from a place name. : Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic? A demonym.

Adjective

(not comparable) tribal, tribal or national. Describing the inhabitants of a particular place; demonymic.

Translations

French: gentilice, m, f

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, gentilis, , of a clan or gens}} + English suffix -ic.

See also

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Is Gentilic a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15

The word Gentilic is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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