gender

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US /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/ UK /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/ See IPA manual

Freq #9168

Meanings

1

noun
The state of being male, female, or another identity, especially regarding social and cultural roles.

The survey collected data on age, gender, and occupation.
2

noun
The grouping of nouns and pronouns into classes such as masculine, feminine, or neuter in some languages.

In French, every noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine.
3

verb
To treat or refer to someone as having a particular gender.

His colleagues continued to gender him as female despite his protests.

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Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Synonyms

gendersexvoice

Word family

Forms genderedgenderinggenders

Derived forms agenderall-genderambigenderanti-genderantigenderantigenderismantigenderistautigenderbigenderbiogendercatgendercis-gender

Related forms androgynebigendercommoncrossdresserdegenderfemale feminine hermaphrodite hermaphroditichijrakathoeymale

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gender identity
a person's internal sense of their own gender

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Gender entered late Middle English through Old French from Latin genus, meaning “birth, family, nation.” The same Latin source underlies genus, genre, generate, generation, and several other English words.

Etymology

From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun.

*ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European gendre Middle English genus Latin

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# gender

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/
**Frequency rank:** 9168

## Meanings
1. The state of being male, female, or another identity, especially regarding social and cultural roles.
2. The grouping of nouns and pronouns into classes such as masculine, feminine, or neuter in some languages.
3. To treat or refer to someone as having a particular gender.

## Examples
- The survey collected data on age, gender, and occupation.
- In French, every noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine.
- His colleagues continued to gender him as female despite his protests.

## Synonyms
- gendersex
- voice

## Derived Forms
- agender
- all-gender
- ambigender
- anti-gender
- antigender
- antigenderism
- antigenderist
- autigender
- bigender
- biogender
- catgender
- cis-gender

## Related Forms
- androgyne
- bigender
- common
- crossdresser
- degender
- female
- feminine
- hermaphrodite
- hermaphroditic
- hijra
- kathoey
- male

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
- Root: gendre
- Root: genus

## Etymology
From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun.

## AI Etymology
Gender comes from Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun. In current use, the main senses are “The state of being male, female, or another identity, especially regarding social and cultural roles” and “The grouping of nouns and pronouns into classes such as masculine, feminine, or neuter in some languages”.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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