Definition of gender Gender

/ʤɛˈndɚ/ - [jender] - gen•der

We found 21 definitions of gender from 7 different sources.

What does gender mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: genders
gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
		grammatical gender
		grammatical category, syntactic category (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
		feminine a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
		masculine a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
gender - the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
		sex, sexuality
		physiological property a property having to do with the functioning of the body
		maleness, masculinity the properties characteristic of the male sex
		androgyny, bisexuality, hermaphroditism showing characteristics of both sexes

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Wiktionary

gender (Noun)
A division of nouns and pronouns and sometimes of other parts of speech, such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.
gender (Noun)
The biological sex of an individual usually male or female.
gender (Noun)
The mental analogue of sex: one's maleness masculinity or femaleness femininity.
gender (Noun)
The socio-cultural phenomenon of the division of people into various categories such as " male" and " female", with each having associated clothing, roles, stereotypes, etc.
gender (Verb)
To assign a gender to; to perceive as having a gender, or having been authored etc. by someone of that gender.
gender (Verb)
To engender.
gender (Verb)
To breed.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

gender (n.)
Kind; sort.
gender (n.)
Sex, male or female.
gender (n.)
A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.
gender (n.)
To beget; to engender.
gender (v. i.)
To copulate; to breed.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

gender
Either of two main divisions (either male or female) into which many organisms can be placed, according to reproductive function or organs.
gender
Arbitrarily specified category of a word as used in some languages, governing the agreement between words.
gender
To become pregnant.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

gender
jen′dėr, v.t. to beget.—v.i. (B.) to copulate. [An abbrev. of engender.]
gender
jen′dėr, n. kind, esp. with regard to sex: (gram.) the distinction of nouns according to sex. [Fr. genre—L. genus, generis, a kind, kin.]

Wikipedia

Gender is a commonly used word for a person's sex (male or female). When people use the word gender in this way, it is often because "sex" has many other meanings, making it easy to misunderstand.

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gender, verb, present, 1st person singular of gender (infinitive).
gender, verb (infinitive).
gender, noun, singular of genders.

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gender in sign language