Subgender

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sublevel of grammatical gender.

    "Although German, Polish and Russian all have a three-way gender system consisting of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, only Polish and Russian have additional subgenders based on animacy and/or personhood."

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"Although German, Polish and Russian all have a three-way gender system consisting of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, only Polish and Russian have additional subgenders based on animacy and/or personhood."

Etymology

From sub- + gender.

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