Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gendersex

/ˈd͡ʒɛndɚsɛks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-der-sex
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚsɛks/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holm provides a contextualised analysis of two life stories by persons in trans or intersex(ed) positions who applied for the legal change of their gendersex status, as Holm innovatively names it."
"the technologies and histories of racial and colonial gendering that have established binary gendersex as one of the primary fault lines for securing and differentiating the national body"

Etymology

From gender + sex.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚsɛks/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛndəsɛks/

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

non-binary two-spirit legal gender

Frequently Paired Words

common feminine masculine neuter female male hermaphroditic man

Questions

How do you pronounce gendersex?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚsɛks/.
What does gendersex mean?: Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.
Where does gendersex come from?: From gender + sex.

How to pronounce gendersex

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