Genus — 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.
• genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.

Senses

Genus is used for these senses in English:

• gender (obsolete) Class; kind. [14th–19th 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.]
• genus (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
• grammatical gender (grammar) The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex.

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.

genus — full definition

1. noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
2. noun A general category or kind sharing common features.

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