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grammatical gender

gram·mat·i·cal gen·der
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gruh-mat-i-kuh l jen-der]
    • /grəˈmæt ɪ kəl ˈdʒɛn dər/
    • /ɡrəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl ˈdʒen.dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gruh-mat-i-kuh l jen-der]
    • /grəˈmæt ɪ kəl ˈdʒɛn dər/

Definition of grammatical gender words

  • noun grammatical gender gender based on arbitrary assignment, without regard to the referent of a noun, as in French le livre (masculine), “the book,” and German das Mädchen (neuter), “the girl.”. 1
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Origin of grammatical gender

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Grammatical gender

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Grammatical gender

grammatical gender popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

grammatical gender usage trend in Literature

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