French dictionary
gens/ʒɑ̃/
noun · A2 · Frequency 208
nounmasculine
Meanings
people in general, everyone
Refers generally to humans or all members of a group, often used to express a general meaning.
Examples
Un groupe de gens attendait patiemment devant le théâtre pour entrer.
A group of people was patiently waiting in front of the theater to enter.
Les gens disent souvent que le temps guérit toutes les blessures.
People often say that time heals all wounds.
Collocations
- les gens du peuplecommon people
Common mistakes
J’ai vu un gens.
J’ai vu des gens.
When gens means a group of people, gens is normally used only in the plural; un gens cannot mean “one person.”
Related words
synonympersonnespeople
antonymindividusindividuals