Definition of «grammatical gender»

Grammatical gender refers to a category or classification of nouns in some languages. It has nothing to do with a living thing's actual gender. In languages with grammatical gender, nouns are assigned to different gender categories, such as masculine, feminine, or neuter. The gender of a noun affects the articles, pronouns, and adjectives used with it. However, these genders are not related to biological gender, so it can be a bit confusing for non-native speakers.

Sentences with «grammatical gender»

Today, native English speakers in the United States can generally — except in certain language - linked fields — don their doctoral hoods without cramming irregular verbs or pondering grammatical gender. (sciencemag.org)
Other research has shown very different findings in languages such as Spanish, Dutch and French, for which articles correspond to nouns in grammatical gender regardless of intervening words.» (sciencedaily.com)
Grammatical gender is freely variable. (firstthings.com)
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