"grammatical gender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grammatical genders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grammatical gender (countable and uncountable, plural grammatical genders)
  1. (grammar) The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex. Wikipedia link: grammatical gender Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: grammatical gender, gender Holonyms: word Related terms: natural gender Translations (gender as prescribed by grammar): (xìng) (Chinese Mandarin), genre grammatical [masculine] (French), გრამატიკული სქესი (gramaṭiḳuli skesi) (Georgian), Genus [neuter] (German), grammatisches Geschlecht [neuter] (German), gen [neuter] (Romanian), gen gramatical [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-grammatical_gender-en-noun-0yDlWU7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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