subgender

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ gender

Noun

subgender (plural subgenders)

  1. (grammar) A sublevel of grammatical gender.
    • 2015 December 19, “Age Effects in L2 Grammar Processing as Revealed by ERPs and How (Not) to Study Them”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Although German, Polish and Russian all have a three-way gender system consisting of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, only Polish and Russian have additional subgenders based on animacy and/or personhood.
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