Gender of Noun
Gender of Noun
Gender of Noun
In English language, we have words to describe every particular thing in this world. May
it be a person or an animal, we have names for every species. Although, when it comes
to gender, many people find it difficult to understand the noun gender. So, in this blog,
we will explain gender nouns for all English learners.
There are four types of gender nouns which will be explained below:
1. Masculine gender
King, horse, actor, man, lion, hero, boy etc. are nouns of the masculine gender.
Examples
2. Feminine gender
Examples
We say a noun is a common gender if a noun refers to a member of species which can
be a male or a female.
Examples
Every leader must know what to say and what not to say.
Shruti, meet my new college friend.
That child is very bright in academics.
The words leader, friend and child are common gender nouns.
4. Neuter gender
street, book, car, school, chair, table, tree, paper, pencil, computer, star, mountain etc.
are nouns of neuter gender.
Examples
Below are some masculine genders and their respective feminine genders:
Bullock – Heifer
Drone – Bee
Horse – Mare
Jew – Jewess
Benefactor – Benefactress
Duck - Duchess
Masculine Feminine
Common Neuter