subgender

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noun

A sublevel of grammatical gender.

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Meanings

nounsubgender (plural subgenders)

plural subgenders

  1. grammarA 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

Origin

From sub- + gender.

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APA

subgender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgender

MLA

“subgender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgender. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subgender,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgender.

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