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Meaning of GRAMMATICAL GENDER

Pronunciation:  gru'matikul 'jendur

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 Definition: [n]  a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
 
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 Synonyms: gender
 
 See Also: feminine, grammatical category, masculine, neuter, syntactic category

 

 

 

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