Dictionary

common gender en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• kŏm′ən jĕn′dər
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɑm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 2011, Theo van den Hout, The Elements of Hittite, page 16:
2. (countable, uncountable) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.

Forms

Coordinates

feminine · masculine · neuter

Translations (32)

is samkyn (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · nb felleskjønn (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · kl fælleskønni (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · lt bendroji giminė (grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine) · de Genus commune (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · my ဒွိလိင် (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · ru о́бщий род (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · uk спі́льний рід (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · nl zijdig (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · fr genre commun (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · nn felleskjønn (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · be агу́льны род (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · da fælleskøn (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · pl rodzaj wspólny (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · sv reale (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · la genus commūne (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · el κοινό γένος (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · la genus commūne (grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine) · fo samkyn (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · nl de-geslacht (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · sv n-genus (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · zza nerimaki (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · cmn 通性 (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · hu közös nem (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · fi en-suku (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · fi yleinen suku (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · lt bendroji giminė (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · sv utrum (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · es género común (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · my အနပုလ္လိင် (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · fi yhteinen suku (linguistics: a grammatical gender) · de Utrum (linguistics: a grammatical gender)