noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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kŏm′ən jĕn′dər
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract