gender | ||
1. | [ noun ] (grammar) a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness | |
Synonyms: | grammatical_gender | |
Related terms: | grammatical_category neuter masculine feminine | |
2. | [ noun ] (biology,sexuality) the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | |
Synonyms: | sexuality sex | |
Examples: | "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" |
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Related terms: | physiological_property maleness femaleness androgyny sex female male sexual asexual androgynous | |
Similar spelling: |
Gendron Genther Gendreau gendarme Gunder Gonder Ginder gander |