Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neutrois

/ˈnjutɹɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neu-trois
IPA: /ˈnjutɹɑː/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

Example Sentences

""To question my behavior is to deny your own." –Holly A. Burnham […] Gender Punk. Gender Anarchy. Gender Terrorism. Neutrois Revolution! [email signature]"
"It [the word transgender(ed)] can also refer to those who present as androgynous or do not define themselves by gender at all. In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois."
"A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options—neutrois, two spirit, bigender … any colour you like, Mr Ford. Biology is not destiny after all, and there's cause for celebration."
"Being neutrois is living completely outside the gender binary. For me, neutrois is a gender identity exactly in the middle of the spectrum, but without any female- or maleness within it. […] Because of my neutrois identity, I am honored by they/them/their pronouns, and prefer to be referred to with gender-neutral words such as "person" and "sibling"."

Etymology

Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: neutre, neuter, trois

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnjutɹɑː/
British English: /ˈnjutɹɑː/

Questions

How do you pronounce neutrois?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnjutɹɑː/.
What does neutrois mean?: Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.
Where does neutrois come from?: It is traced to French.

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