Gentille was an 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
In 1779, Gentille was under Mengaud de la Haye. On 17 August 1779, she and Junon, under Bernard de Marigny, captured the 64-gun HMS Ardent.
On 26 April 1780, Gentille and captured off Barbuda. The frigates belonged to GuichenâÂÂs squadron.
On 19 February 1781, in Chesapeake Bay, Gentille along with the 64-gun Eveillé, the frigate , and the cutter . captured the 44-gun HMS Romulus, In September, she ferried troops from Annapolis to the James River to support the Siege of Yorktown.
During the War of the First Coalition, Gentille cruised the Atlantic under Lieutenant Canon. She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Hannibal and Robust in the action of 10 April 1795.
Gentille was broken up in 1802.