people
Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpl/
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French translation of people
A. n
- (nation) peuple (m)
B. n pl
- 1 (in general) gens (mpl); (specified or counted) personnes (fpl) old people = les personnes âgées they're nice people = ce sont des gens sympathiques there were a lot of people = il y avait beaucoup de monde other people's property = le bien des autres
gens is masculine plural and never countable. When counting people, you must use personnes rather than gens: three people = trois personnes.— When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.