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subgender

subgender noun: a sublevel of grammatical gender.

Noun

subgender (plural subgenders)

  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.2015 December 19, “Age Effects in L2 Grammar Processing as Revealed by ERPs and How (Not) to Study Them”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of subgender

pluralsubgenders

Origin of subgender

From sub- + gender.

Questions about subgender

What does subgender mean?
Subgender means a sublevel of grammatical gender.
What part of speech is subgender?
Subgender is a noun.
What is the plural of subgender?
The plural of subgender is subgenders.

Words near subgender in the dictionary

  1. subgaussian
  2. subgelatinous
  3. subgemmal
  4. subgena
  5. subgenal
  6. subgender
  7. subgenders
  8. subgene
  9. subgenera
  10. subgeneration
  11. subgenerations

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