geslacht — meaning in English

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.
• gendersex noun Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.
• genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
• lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
• sex noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.

Senses

geslacht is used for these senses in English:

• gender Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]
• 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.]
• gendersex Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.
• lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

gender — full definition

1. 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.
2. noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
3. verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.

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