Gender

//ˈd͡ʒɛndə//

Synonyms for "gender" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
voicebiological sex

Strong matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
gendersex

Related words (8)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

derived

183 entries

Showing 16 of 183 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

34 entries

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Translations

313 translations across 107 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • geslag noun (biological sex)
  • geslag noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • geslag noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Albanian

2 entries
  • gjini noun (biological sex)
  • gjini noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ፆታ noun (biological sex)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γένος noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جِندر noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • جِنْس noun (division, class, kind)
  • جِنْس noun (biological sex)
  • جِنْس noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Armenian

4 entries
  • գենդեր noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • սեռ noun (biological sex)
  • սեռ noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • սեռ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Assamese

1 entries
  • লিঙ্গ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Asturian

2 entries
  • sexu noun (biological sex)
  • xéneru noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • cins noun (biological sex)
  • cins noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ге́ндар noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • ге́ндэр noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • плоць noun (biological sex)
  • плоць noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Bengali

2 entries
  • লিঙ্গ noun (biological sex)
  • লিঙ্গ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Breton

1 entries
  • reizh noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • дже́ндър noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • пол noun (biological sex)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Burmese

2 entries
  • လိင် noun (biological sex)
  • လိင် noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Catalan

3 entries
  • gènere noun (division, class, kind)
  • gènere noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sexe noun (biological sex)

Chechen

1 entries
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • 社會性別 /社会性别 noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Corsican

2 entries
  • ghjinere noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • ginere noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Czech

3 entries
  • gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • pohlaví noun (biological sex)
  • rod noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Danish

2 entries
  • køn noun (biological sex)
  • køn noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genus noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • geslacht noun (biological sex)
  • geslacht noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • genro noun (division, class, kind)
  • genro noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genro noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sekso noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Estonian

2 entries
  • sugu noun (biological sex)
  • sugu noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Faroese

2 entries
  • kyn noun (biological sex)
  • kyn noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Finnish

4 entries
  • sosiaalinen sukupuoli noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • suku noun (division, class, kind)
  • suku noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sukupuoli noun (biological sex)

French

4 entries
  • genre noun (division, class, kind)
  • genre noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genre noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sexe noun (biological sex)

Galician

2 entries
  • sexo noun (biological sex)
  • xénero noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გენდერი noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • გენდერი noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • სქესი noun (biological sex)
  • სქესი noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

German

4 entries
  • Gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • Genus noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • Geschlecht noun (division, class, kind)
  • Geschlecht noun (biological sex)

Greek

3 entries
  • γένος noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • είδος noun (division, class, kind)
  • φύλο noun (biological sex)

Greenlandic

3 entries
  • kønni noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • suiaassuseq noun (biological sex)
  • suiaassuseq noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • લિંગ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • keka noun (biological sex)
  • keka noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מִגְדָּר noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • מִין noun (biological sex)
  • מִין noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Hindi

2 entries
  • लिंग noun (biological sex)
  • लिंग noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dzsender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • nem noun (biological sex)
  • nem noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • kyn noun (division, class, kind)
  • kyn noun (biological sex)
  • kyn noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Ido

2 entries
  • genro noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sexuo noun (biological sex)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • suhâpeeli noun (biological sex)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • jenis noun (biological sex)
  • jenis noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • jenis kelamin noun (biological sex)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • genere noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • جِنْس noun (biological sex)
  • جِنْس noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • جِنْسِیَت noun (biological sex)

Irish

3 entries
  • gnéas noun (biological sex)
  • inscne noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • inscne noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Italian

4 entries
  • genere noun (division, class, kind)
  • genere noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genere noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sesso noun (biological sex)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ジェンダー noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • 性 noun (biological sex)
  • 性 noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • 性 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жыныс noun (biological sex)
  • жыныс noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • тек noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ជាតិលិង្គ noun (biological sex)
  • លិង្គ noun (biological sex)
  • លិង្គ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Korean

4 entries
  • 성 noun (biological sex)
  • 성 noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • 성 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • 성별 noun (biological sex)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • жыныс noun (biological sex)
  • жыныс noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Lao

3 entries
  • ລິງ noun (biological sex)
  • ລິງ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • ເພດ noun (biological sex)

Latin

4 entries
  • genus noun (biological sex)
  • genus noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genus noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sexus noun (biological sex)

Latvian

3 entries
  • dzimte noun (biological sex)
  • dzimte noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • dzimums noun (biological sex)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • lytis noun (biological sex)
  • lytis noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Geschlecht noun (biological sex)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • пол noun (biological sex)
  • род noun (division, class, kind)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Malagasy

4 entries
  • karazana noun (division, class, kind)
  • lahi-vavy noun (biological sex)
  • lahivavy noun (biological sex)
  • lahy vavy noun (biological sex)

Malay

2 entries
  • jantina noun (biological sex)
  • jenis noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Maltese

2 entries
  • sess noun (biological sex)
  • sess noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Marathi

2 entries
  • लिंग noun (biological sex)
  • लिंग noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • хүйс noun (biological sex)
  • хүйс noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • ᠬᠦᠢᠰᠦ noun (biological sex)
  • ᠬᠦᠢᠰᠦ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Nepali

1 entries
  • लैङ्गिकता noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Newar

1 entries
  • जाः noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Norman

3 entries
  • genre noun (division, class, kind)
  • genre noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genre noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • zawzê noun (biological sex)
  • zayend noun (biological sex)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • sohkabealli noun (biological sex)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kjønn noun (biological sex)
  • kjønn noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kjønn noun (biological sex)

Occitan

1 entries
  • genre noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଲିଙ୍ଗ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Old English

2 entries
  • cynn noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • hād noun (biological sex)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • пол noun (biological sex)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Pashto

2 entries
  • جنس noun (biological sex)
  • جنس noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Polish

3 entries
  • gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • płeć noun (biological sex)
  • rodzaj noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • género noun (division, class, kind)
  • género noun (biological sex)
  • género noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • género noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Romanian

3 entries
  • gen noun (biological sex)
  • gen noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sex noun (biological sex)

Russian

4 entries
  • ге́ндер noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • пол noun (biological sex)
  • пол noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • род noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • लिंग noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • gnè noun (division, class, kind)
  • gnè noun (biological sex)
  • gnè noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • gnè noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • džender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • pȏl noun (biological sex)
  • rȏd noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • rȏd noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • sooǥǥbieʹll noun (biological sex)

Slovak

4 entries
  • gender noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • pohlavie noun (biological sex)
  • rod noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • rod noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Slovene

2 entries
  • spol noun (biological sex)
  • spol noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Spanish

4 entries
  • género noun (biological sex)
  • género noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • género noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • sexo noun (biological sex)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jinsia noun (biological sex)

Swedish

4 entries
  • genus noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • genus noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • kön noun (biological sex)
  • könsroll noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kasarian noun (biological sex)

Tajik

3 entries
  • ҷинс noun (biological sex)
  • ҷинс noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • ҷинсият noun (biological sex)

Tamil

3 entries
  • பாலினம் noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • பால் noun (biological sex)
  • பால் noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Tatar

2 entries
  • җенес noun (biological sex)
  • җенес noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Thai

3 entries
  • ลิงค์ noun (biological sex)
  • ลิงค์ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • เพศ noun (biological sex)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cins noun (biological sex)
  • cins noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • cinsiyet noun (biological sex)
  • cinsiyet noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Turkmen

4 entries
  • jyns noun (biological sex)
  • jyns noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • pol noun (biological sex)
  • rod noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ге́ндер noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • рід noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • стать noun (biological sex)
  • стать noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جِنْس noun (biological sex)
  • جِنْس noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • لِن٘گ noun (biological sex)
  • لِن٘گ noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • جىنس noun (biological sex)
  • جىنس noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • jins noun (biological sex)
  • jins noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • rod noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • giống noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • giới tính noun (biological sex)

Volapük

1 entries
  • gen noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Walloon

2 entries
  • djinre noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)
  • seke noun (biological sex)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cenedl noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • geslacht noun (biological sex)
  • slachte noun (biological sex)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (biological sex)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • געשלעכט noun (biological sex)
  • דזשענדער noun (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)
  • מין noun (biological sex)
  • מין noun (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)

Sample sentences

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Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.

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She wrote on gender bias in science.

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The cockerel's splendid red cockscomb is thought to play a part in determining gender and breed.

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Brothers Grimm's Little Red Riding Hood has a neutral gender, while Charles Perrault's has a masculine one.

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