gender in Japanese
gender in Japanese is 性別, ジェンダー, 性 — gender means the state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
gender in Japanese
性別
Pronounced: seibetsu
ジェンダー
Pronounced: jendā
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.]
性
Pronounced: sei
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.]
性同一性
Pronounced: seidōitsusei
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.]
性
Pronounced: sei
(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.]
What does "gender" mean?
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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.
"The form asked for gender as well as sex."
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noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
"French nouns each have a grammatical gender, masculine or feminine."
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verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.
"People sometimes gender babies based on the color of their clothes."
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gender in a sentence
- The form asked for gender as well as sex.
- Schools increasingly discuss gender identity with students.
- French nouns each have a grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
- People sometimes gender babies based on the color of their clothes.
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What is "gender" in Japanese?
"gender" in Japanese is 性別, ジェンダー, 性. gender means: The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
How do you pronounce 性別?
"gender" in Japanese is 性別, pronounced "seibetsu".
How do you use "gender" in a sentence?
Example: "The form asked for gender as well as sex." In Japanese, "gender" is 性別, ジェンダー, 性.
Are there other ways to say "gender" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 4 translations listed for "gender": 性別, ジェンダー, 性, 性同一性.
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