gender
To assign a gender toTo assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
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» Tom believes in traditional gender roles.
WestofEden · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesTo assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
(archaic)To engender.
(archaic, obsolete)To breed.
Examples
242 sentencesTom believes in traditional gender roles.
Wouldn't it be great if a gender-neutral pronoun for "he" or "she" existed in English?
ruРазве было бы не здорово, если бы гендерно-нейтральные местоимения для "он" или "она" существовали в английском языке? — Yanka
deWäre es nicht wundervoll, wenn es im Englischen ein geschlechtsneutrales Pronomen statt „he“ oder „she“ geben würde? — kthxy
In that language, adjectives and nouns are inflected for gender.
У тій мові прикметники і іменники змінюються за родами. — oromashka
In many languages, it is difficult to speak or write without revealing one's gender.
У багатьох мовах складно говорити або писати, не виказуючи своєї статі. — deniko
ruВо многих языках сложно говорить или писать без указания пола. — Ooneykcall
In English, unlike in many other languages, one can write entire books without giving away one's gender.
Англійською, на відміну від інших мов, можна писати цілі книжки, не викриваючи стать героїв. — deniko
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“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. Displaced native Old English hād (“sex, gender”).
Inherited from Middle English gendren, from Middle French gendrer, from Latin generāre.
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Forms
genders, gendering, gendered, genderedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.