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From Middle English < Middle French gendre/genre < Latin genus (“‘kind, sort’”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“‘"to produce"’”), *gon- (“‘"to beget"’”), *gn- (“‘"to be born"’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular gender |
Plural genders |
gender (plural genders)
- (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. E.g., the common gender.
- differences between men and women, suggesting but not necessitating reference to sex
- (sociology) gender role; culture specific behaviour norms, normally but not necessarily, associated with one’s sex; condition of adopting such a gender role.
- (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.
- (casually, to avoid confusion with ‘sex’ in the sense of ‘sexual relations’) The sex of individuals (male or female).
Derived terms
- gender reassignment
Related terms
Verb
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Infinitive to gender |
Third person singular genders |
Simple past gendered |
Past participle gendered |
Present participle gendering |
to gender (third-person singular simple present genders, present participle gendering, simple past and past participle gendered)
- to engender
Translations
engender
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