"agender" meaning in All languages combined

See agender on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /eɪˈdʒɛndɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-agender.wav
Etymology: c. 2000s, from a- (“not”) + gender. Etymology templates: {{circa2|2000s|short=1}} c. 2000s, {{prefix|en|a-|gender|id1=not|t1=not}} a- (“not”) + gender Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} agender (not comparable)
  1. Without an associated gender (in any sense); not having a particular gender. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: see at genderless Related terms: bigender, cisgender, genderfluid, genderqueer, third gender, transgender, gender-free, gender-neutral Coordinate_terms: transgender, nonbinary Translations (having no gender): agènere (Catalan), 無性別 /无性别 (wúxìngbié) (Chinese Mandarin), sengenra (Esperanto), suvuton [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (Finnish), sukupuoleton (english: gender identity) (Finnish), agenre [feminine, masculine] (French), axénero (Galician), geschlechtlos (German), ungeschlechtlich (German), 無性 (musei) (alt: むせい) (Japanese), sine sexū (Latin), sine genere (Latin), agenus (Latin), insexus (Latin), agênero [Brazil] (Portuguese), agénero [Portugal] (Portuguese), agénero (Spanish), cinsiyetsiz (Turkish), אָנמיניק (onminik) (Yiddish)
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    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "onminik",
      "sense": "having no gender",
      "word": "אָנמיניק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "agender"
}

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