Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

third gender

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
third -gen-der
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.)

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

third genders (plural)

Phrases

non-binary two-spirit sworn virgin

Frequently Paired Words

agender bigender ambigender cisgender genderfluid genderqueer non-binary transgender

Questions

What does third gender mean?
A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.)

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