n. <语>性某些语言的（阳性、阴性和中性, 不同的性有不同的词尾等）( gender的复数形式 ); 性别; 某些语言的（名词、代词和形容词）性的区分

n. a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness

n. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles