Phrase guide

grammatical gender

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gender

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grammatical category, syntactic category

Narrower terms: feminine, masculine, neuter

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 性 (xìng) — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • French: genre grammatical — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Georgian: გრამატიკული სქესი (gramaṭiḳuli skesi) — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • German: Genus — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • German: grammatisches Geschlecht — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Hungarian: grammatikai nem — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Japanese: 性 (sei) — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Polish: rodzaj gramatyczny — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Portuguese: género gramatical — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Portuguese: gênero gramatical — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Romanian: gen — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Romanian: gen gramatical — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Tagalog: kasariang pambalarila — gender as prescribed by grammar
  • Tamil: பால் (pāl) — gender as prescribed by grammar