gender

noun
UK /ˈdʒen.dər/
US /ˈdʒen.dɚ/

Gender is whether someone is a boy or a girl, or another way they feel inside.

The form asks for your name, age, and gender.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. In grammar, gender is a way of grouping words like masculine, feminine, or neuter.

In French, every noun has a gender.

3. Gender can mean the social roles and behaviors that people connect with being male or female.

The class talked about how gender affects the way people are treated.

4. Gender can refer to the state of being male or female in biology.

The study looked at differences in gender among the animals.