Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common gender

/ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -gen-der
IPA: /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/
British English: /ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/

Usage

Inflected Forms

common genders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

masculine feminine neuter

Questions

How do you pronounce common gender?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/.
What does common gender mean?: A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.

How to pronounce common gender

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