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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gender

/ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
gen-der
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Class; kind.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Sex (a category, either male or female, into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of voice (“particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs”).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless or androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

verb

To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

Example Sentences

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. Displaced native Old English hād (“sex, gender”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
  • British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

genders (plural) g. (alternative, abbreviation) genders (present, singular) gendering (participle, present) gendered (participle, past) gendered (past) more gender (comparative) most gender (superlative) gendèr (alternative)

Derived Forms

agender ambigender antigender antigenderism antigenderist autigender bigender biogender catgender cisgender cogender crossgender

Phrases

all-gender anti-gender cis-gender common gender fourth gender gender-affected gender affirmation surgery gender-affirming

Frequently Paired Words

female male hermaphroditic man woman hermaphrodite genderqueer bigender

Synonyms

voice genre biological sex gendersex sex sexuality grammatical gender

Rhymes With

defender tender surrender transgender vendor render offender lender contender slender blender fender

Questions

How do you pronounce gender?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/.
What does gender mean?
Class; kind.
Where does gender come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce gender

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “gender”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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