Gender

English

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Etymology

From Middle English < Middle French gendre/genre < Latin genus (“‘kind, sort’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ʤɛndə/
• (US) IPA: /ʤɛndɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

Noun

Singular Gender

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Gender ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. E.g., the common gender. Template:Rfex
2. The mental analog of sex: one's maleness, femaleness, etc., as seen from their own perspective.
   • Susan's gender is neither male nor female; ze identifies as two-spirit.
3. A socio-cultural phenomenon that divides people into various categories such as "male" and "female," with each having associated dress, roles, stereotypes, etc.
   • Gender in Western society is often viewed as a binary entity, with only males & females.
4. (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.

Derived terms

• agender
• bigender
• cisgender
• gender binary
• gender continuum
• gender dysphoria
• gendered
• gender expression
• genderfluid
• genderfuck
• gender identity
• gender identity disorder (GID)
• genderism
• gender presentation
• genderqueer (GQ)
• gender role
• gender spectrum
• gender studies
• gender-variant
• third gender
• transgender (TG)

See also

• androgyne
• crossdresser
• female
• feminine
• hijra
• kathoey
• male
• man
• masculine
• neuter
• two-spirit
• transsexual
• woman

Translations

grammar: division of nouns and pronouns

Afrikaans: geslag af(af) Arabic: جنس ar(ar) (jins) m. Armenian: սեռ hy(hy) (seṙ) Bosnian: rod bs(bs) m. Chechen: род Chinese: Mandarin: 性別 cmn(cmn), 性别 cmn(cmn) (xìngbié) Czech: rod cs(cs) m. Danish: køn da(da) n. Dutch: geslacht nl(nl) n., genus nl(nl) n. Finnish: suku fi(fi) French: genre fr(fr) m. German: Geschlecht de(de) n. Greek: γένος el(el) n. sg. (ghénos) Icelandic: kyn is(is) n. Italian: genere it(it)

Japanese: 性 ja(ja) (せい, sei) Korean: 성 (性 ko(ko), seong) Latin: genus la(la) n. Macedonian: род mk(mk) (rod) m. Norwegian: kjønn no(no) n. Persian: جنس fa(fa) Polish: rodzaj pl(pl) Portuguese: gênero pt(pt) Russian: род ru(ru) (rod) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: род sr(sr) m. Roman: rod sr(sr) m. Slovak: rod sk(sk) m. Spanish: género es(es) m. Swedish: genus sv(sv) n.

division between classes or kinds

Finnish: suku fi(fi) French: genre fr(fr) m. German: Geschlecht de(de) n.

Icelandic: kyn is(is) n. Italian: genere it(it) m. Macedonian: род mk(mk) (rod) m.

behavioural characteristics

Dutch: sekse nl(nl) f., geslacht nl(nl) n. Finnish: sukupuoli, sosiaalinen sukupuoli French: genre fr(fr) m.

Hebrew: מגדר he(he) Scottish Gaelic: gnè f. Swedish: genus sv(sv), könsroll sv(sv)

the sex of persons or animals

Arabic: جنس ar(ar) (jins) m. Armenian: սեռ hy(hy) (seṙ) Bosnian: pol bs(bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 性別 cmn(cmn), 性别 cmn(cmn) (xìngbié) Czech: pohlaví cs(cs) n. Danish: køn da(da) n. Dutch: geslacht nl(nl) n. Finnish: sukupuoli fi(fi) French: sexe fr(fr) m. German: Geschlecht de(de) n. Greek: φύλο el(el) n. sg. (fílo) Hebrew: מגדר he(he) Icelandic: kyn is(is) n.

Japanese: 性 ja(ja) (せい, sei), 性別 ja(ja) (せいべつ, seibetsu) Latin: genus la(la) n. Macedonian: пол mk(mk) (pol) m. Norwegian: kjønn no(no) n. Polish: płeć pl(pl) f. Portuguese: gênero pt(pt) m., sexo pt(pt) Romanian: gen ro(ro), sex ro(ro) Russian: пол ru(ru) (pol) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: пол sr(sr) m. Roman: pol sr(sr) m. Slovene: spol sl(sl) m. Spanish: género es(es) m. Swahili: jinsia sw(sw) West Frisian: slachte n., geslacht n.

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Bosnian: pol bs(bs) m. Italian: sesso m., genere m. Korean: 성별 (性別, seongbyeol) Portuguese: sexo m. Romanian: sex ro(ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: gnè f., seòrsa m.

Serbian: Cyrillic: пол sr(sr) m. (pol) Roman: pol sr(sr) m. Slovak: pohlavie n. Spanish: género m. Swedish: kön n. Tagalog: kasarian tl(tl) Vietnamese: giới tính

Verb

Infinitive to Gender

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Gender (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. to engender

Translations

engender

Dutch: voortbrengen nl(nl)

Finnish: synnyttää fi(fi), saada aikaan fi(fi), tuottaa fi(fi)