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Synonyms for gender

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jen-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn dər

Définition of gender

Origin :
  • c.1300, "kind, sort, class," from Old French gendre (12c., Modern French genre), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, stock, family; kind, rank, order; species," also (male or female) "sex" (see genus) and used to translate Aristotle's Greek grammatical term genos.
  • The grammatical sense is attested in English from late 14c.; the male-or-female sense from early 15c. As sex took on erotic qualities in 20c., gender came to be the common word used for "sex of a human being," often in feminist writing with reference to social attributes as much as biological qualities; this sense first attested 1963. Gender-bender is first attested 1980, with reference to pop star David Bowie.
  • noun grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness
Example sentences :
  • The difference of gender in nouns is utilized for the same reason.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • Neither nouns nor adjectives undergo any change for gender, number or case.
  • Extract from : « The Maya Chronicles » by Various
  • There is no gender distinction in the third person in Cherokee.
  • Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
  • Servants sometimes say "she" of a clock, but every one gives a gender to vessels.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • There are only three grammatical cases in which gender matters at all.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner
  • Do the distinctions of gender correspond to the distinctions of sex?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • They depend on the gender, the number, and the case, of the noun to which it is prefixed.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
  • Is there then no case in which the Interrogative may follow the gender of the subject?
  • Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
  • How far is there such a thing as gender in the English language?
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • The pronoun it (originally hit), as compared with he, is a specimen of gender.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

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