gender
part of speech
noun (a gender, genders; also uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Gender is being a boy or a girl, a man or a woman, especially the roles and ideas people and societies connect with that; some people feel they are both, neither, or not the gender they were thought to be at birth. tree →
2) (grammar) In languages like French, German and Spanish, gender is the group a noun belongs to, such as masculine or feminine, which changes words like «the» and «a». tree →
3) On forms, gender is a box asking whether you are male, female or something else. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "gender" is old English meaning to breed or mate, so the verse forbids crossbreeding different kinds of animals. Interpretation: Tradition counts this as one of the "chukim," laws about keeping kinds separate, along with not mixing seeds or wool and linen. In the primary lessons: In PSHE and relationships lessons, gender comes up when talking about fairness and stereotypes: any gender can like football, dancing, science or cooking. People and countries hold different views about gender identity; lessons ask pupils to be kind and respectful to everyone. In French lessons, «le» is masculine and «la» feminine; grammatical gender often has nothing to do with real boys and girls (a table is feminine in French). In English, gender shows in «he, she, his, her». Phrases: «gender stereotypes», «gender equality», «gender pay gap», «masculine/feminine gender».
examples
- Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. (Torah LEV.19.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Any gender can be a scientist or a nurse. tree →
- Our class talked about gender stereotypes in toy adverts. tree →
- In French, every noun has a gender: «le livre», «la table». tree →
- The form asked for my name, age and gender. tree →
- Gender equality means girls and boys get the same chances. tree →
- In German there are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. tree →
- Some people say gender and sex mean the same; others use gender for roles and identity. tree →
- [239] Kruchina, as an abstract idea, is of the feminine gender. tree →
note
Countable when naming kinds (two genders in French), uncountable for the idea. Trap: grammatical gender (le/la) is about words, not about living things. People disagree about how to use the word «gender»; schools teach respect for others either way. «Sex» is the biological word.
In the corpora
- Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
- And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- Adjectives agree in gender and number: noir, noire, noirs, noires, and all four sound the same.
- A noun keeps its gender every time: une pomme verte et une pomme rouge.
- Some words even change meaning with their gender, so the le or la is the only clue to what the sentence means.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «gender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.