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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Middle English < Middle French gendre/genre < Latin genus (“‘kind, sort’”).
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Noun[edit | edit source]
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Gender ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. E.g., the common gender. Template:Rfex
- 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.
- 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.
- (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- androgyne
- crossdresser
- female
- feminine
- hijra
- kathoey
- male
- man
- masculine
- neuter
- two-spirit
- transsexual
- woman
Translations[edit | edit source]
grammar: division of nouns and pronouns
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division between classes or kinds
behavioural characteristics
the sex of persons or animals
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Verb[edit | edit source]
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to Gender (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- to engender
Translations[edit | edit source]
engender
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