common gender
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: kŏm′ən jĕn′dər
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/
Noun
[edit]common gender (countable and uncountable, plural common genders)
- (linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.
- 2011, Theo van den Hout, The Elements of Hittite, page 16:
- There are two genders: common gender (genus commune, abbreviated: com.) and neuter (genus neutrum, abbreviated: neut.). The common gender combines the masculine and feminine of other Indo-European languages into one.
- (grammar) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]linguistics: a grammatical gender
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grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine
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