grammatical gender

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grammatical gender

noun grammatical genders

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

    Similar: grammatical gender, gender

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noun gender as prescribed by grammar

日本語性 sei
中文性 xìng
Portuguêsgénero gramatical, gênero gramatical
Françaisgenre grammatical
DeutschGenus, grammatisches Geschlecht
Românăgen, gen gramatical

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@misc{grammatical_gender_2026,
  title = {grammatical gender},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grammatical%20gender},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}