genus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gender noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
Senses
genus is used for these senses in English:
- gender (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. [from 14th c.]
gender — full definition
- noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
- noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
- verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.