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common gender

noun
/ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/UK/ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/US

Definitions

  1. A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and…

    A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.

    • There are two genders: common gender (genus commune, abbreviated: com.) and neuter (genus neutrum, abbreviated: neut.). The common gender combines the masculine and feminine of other Indo-European languages into one.

  2. In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either…

    In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for common gender. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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