Masculine Gender
Masculine Gender
Masculine gender is a grammatical gender that:
- marks nouns having human or animal male referents
- often marks nouns having referents that do not have distinctions of sex
(Spanish)
- el hombre ‘the man’
- el gallino ‘the rooster’
- el libro ‘the book’
Page/s: 730
Source: Mish 1991
Mish, Frederick (editor). 1991.Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1,564 pages. 0877795088; indexed 0877795096; deluxe 087779510X.
Page/s: 93
Source: Hartmann and Stork 1972
Hartmann, R.R.K., and F.C. Stork. 1972.Dictionary of language and linguistics. London: Applied Science.
Broader Terms
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/masculine-gender
