NATURAL GENDER


Meaning of NATURAL GENDER in English

Gram.

gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it. Cf. grammatical gender .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .