Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natural gender

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
nat-u-ral -gen-der
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

natural genders (plural)

Phrases

grammatical gender

Frequently Paired Words

grammatical gender

Questions

What does natural gender mean?
The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.

How to pronounce natural gender

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