Phrase guide

common gender

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kŏm′ən jĕn′dər
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
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  • General-American: /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/

1

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

2

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

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: агу́льны род (ahúlʹny rod) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Burmese: အနပုလ္လိင် (a.na.pulling) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Burmese: ဒွိလိင် (dwi.ling) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通性 (tōngxìng) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Danish: fælleskøn — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Dutch: zijdig — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Dutch: de-geslacht — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Faroese: samkyn — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Finnish: yhteinen suku — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Finnish: yleinen suku — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Finnish: en-suku — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • French: genre commun — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • German: Genus commune — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • German: Utrum — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Greek: κοινό γένος (koinó génos) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Greenlandic: fælleskønni — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Hungarian: közös nem — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Icelandic: samkyn — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Latin: genus commūne — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Lithuanian: bendroji giminė — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: felleskjønn — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: felleskjønn — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Polish: rodzaj wspólny — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Russian: о́бщий род (óbščij rod) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Spanish: género común — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Swedish: utrum — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Swedish: n-genus — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Swedish: reale — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Ukrainian: спі́льний рід (spílʹnyj rid) — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Zazaki: nerimaki — linguistics: a grammatical gender
  • Latin: genus commūne — grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine
  • Lithuanian: bendroji giminė — grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine