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Etymology

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

Singular gender

Plural genders

gender (plural genders)

  1. (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. E.g., the common gender.
  2. differences between men and women, suggesting but not necessitating reference to sex
  3. (sociology) gender role; culture specific behaviour norms, normally but not necessarily, associated with one’s sex; condition of adopting such a gender role.
  4. (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.
  5. (casually, to avoid confusion with ‘sex’ in the sense of ‘sexual relations’) The sex of individuals (male or female).

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Verb

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)

  1. to engender

Translations

engender

 

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