common gender
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common gender
- /ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ UK
- /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/ US
noun common genders
- A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders. There are two genders: common gender (genus commune, abbreviated: com.) and neuter (genus neutrum, abbreviated: neut.). The common gender combines the masculine and feminine of other Indo-European languages into one.
- In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.
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noun linguistics: a grammatical gender
| Español | género común |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통성 tongseong |
| 日本語 | 通性 tsūsei |
| 中文 | 通性 tōngxìng |
| Français | genre commun, commun |
| Deutsch | Genus commune, Utrum |
| Ελληνικά | κοινό γένος koinó génos |
| Русский | о́бщий род óbščij rod |
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title = {common gender},
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