Meanings
nouncommon gender (countable and uncountable, plural common genders)
plural common genders
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA 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 - countableuncountablegrammarIn some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.
Translations
Bulgarian общ род, общ род
- общ род (obšt rod)linguistics: a grammatical gender
- общ род (obšt rod)grammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine
Chinese Mandarin 通性
- 通性 (tōngxìng)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Danish fælleskøn
- fælleskønlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Dutch zijdig, de-geslacht
- zijdiglinguistics: a grammatical gender
- de-geslachtlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Finnish yhteinen suku, yleinen suku
- yhteinen sukulinguistics: a grammatical gender
- yleinen sukulinguistics: a grammatical gender
- en-sukulinguistics: a grammatical gender
French genre commun, commun
- genre communlinguistics: a grammatical gender
- communlinguistics: a grammatical gender
German Genus commune, Utrum
- Genus communelinguistics: a grammatical gender
- Utrumlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Greek κοινό γένος
- κοινό γένος (koinó génos)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Hungarian közös nem
- közös nemlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Icelandic samkyn
- samkynlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Japanese 通性
- 通性 (tsūsei)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Korean 통성
- 통성 (tongseong)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Latin genus commūne, genus commūne
- genus commūnelinguistics: a grammatical gender
- genus commūnegrammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine
Lithuanian bendroji giminė, bendroji giminė
- bendroji giminėlinguistics: a grammatical gender
- bendroji giminėgrammar: a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine
Norwegian Bokmål felleskjønn
- felleskjønnlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Polish rodzaj wspólny
- rodzaj wspólnylinguistics: a grammatical gender
Russian о́бщий род
- о́бщий род (óbščij rod)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Spanish género común
- género comúnlinguistics: a grammatical gender
Swedish utrum, n-genus
- utrumlinguistics: a grammatical gender
- n-genuslinguistics: a grammatical gender
- realelinguistics: a grammatical gender
Ukrainian спі́льний рід
- спі́льний рід (spílʹnyj rid)linguistics: a grammatical gender
Cite this entry
APA
common gender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20gender
MLA
“common gender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20gender. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common gender,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20gender.
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