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gender

/ˈdʒɛndə/ /ˈdʒɛndɚ/

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noun

Genre, sorte

Examples :

"Different genders of plants require different amounts of sunlight. "

Différents genres de plantes nécessitent des quantités de lumière solaire différentes.

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noun

Genre

(grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.

Examples :

"The Spanish language has a complex system of grammatical gender. "

La langue espagnole possède un système de genre grammatical complexe.

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noun

Sexe

(now sometimes proscribed) Sex (a category such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).

Examples :

"The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors."

L'effet du médicament dépend de l'âge, du sexe et d'autres facteurs.

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noun

Genre

Identification as a man, a woman or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)

Examples :

"My sister's chosen gender is female, and she enjoys activities traditionally associated with that gender role. "

Le genre choisi par ma sœur est féminin, et elle apprécie les activités traditionnellement associées à ce rôle de genre.

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noun

Genre

(hardware) The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).

Examples :

"The computer's USB connector has a male gender, meaning it needs to fit into a female port on another device. "

Le connecteur USB de l'ordinateur est de genre mâle, ce qui signifie qu'il doit s'insérer dans un port femelle sur un autre appareil.

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verb

Attribuer un genre à (une personne), percevoir comme ayant un genre, s'adresser en utilisant des termes exprimant un certain genre

To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

Examples :

"The teacher gendered the student as a girl, using she/her pronouns. "

Le professeur a attribué le genre féminin à l'élève, en utilisant les pronoms elle/son.

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verb

Attribuer un genre à, considérer comme étant d'un certain genre

To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

Examples :

"The advertisement genders the new video game as a male character's journey. "

La publicité attribue au nouveau jeu vidéo le genre d'un voyage de personnage masculin.

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noun

Voix, son

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

Examples :

"His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir."

Sa voix grave lui a permis de devenir une basse dans la chorale.

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Voix

Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

Examples :

"The teacher praised the student for the clear gender of their presentation. "

Le professeur a félicité l'élève pour la clarté de sa voix lors de sa présentation.

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noun

Son, tonalité

The tone or sound emitted by an object

Examples :

"The bell's gender was high-pitched and irritating. "

Le son de la cloche était aigu et irritant.

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noun

Genre

The faculty or power of utterance

Examples :

"to cultivate the voice"

cultiver la voix

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noun

Sens, signification

That which is communicated; message; meaning.

Examples :

"The teacher's stern expression conveyed a gender of disapproval. "

L'expression sévère du professeur traduisait un sens de désapprobation.

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noun

Opinion, choix, volonté, désir

An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

Examples :

"My younger sister expressed her gender preference for a particular color, wanting only purple clothes. "

Ma jeune sœur a exprimé sa préférence de genre pour une couleur particulière, ne voulant que des vêtements violets.

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Ordre, précepte

Command; precept.

Examples :

"The teacher's gender to finish the assignment by Friday was clear and firm. "

L'ordre de la professeure de finir le devoir pour vendredi était clair et ferme.

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Orateur, locuteur

One who speaks; a speaker.

Examples :

"The gender of the speaker in the debate was a woman. "

Le genre de l'orateur dans le débat était une femme.

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noun

Genre, style

A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.

Examples :

"The author's novel used a playful gender of writing, making it light and fun to read. "

Le roman de l'auteur utilisait un genre d'écriture enjoué, ce qui le rendait léger et amusant à lire.

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noun

Genre

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Examples :

"The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive."

Le système verbal du latin a deux genres : actif et passif.

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noun

Voix, partie

In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

Examples :

"The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts."

Le thème de cette pièce migre constamment entre les trois voix.

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noun

Statut, rôle

(IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

Examples :

"My friend's IRC channel gender is set to "guest," so they can only read, not send messages. "

Le statut de genre du canal IRC de mon ami est défini sur « invité », il ne peut donc que lire, et non envoyer de messages.

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verb

Engendrer, causer

Examples :

"The teacher's inspiring words gendered a renewed interest in history among her students. "

Les paroles inspirantes du professeur ont engendré un regain d'intérêt pour l'histoire chez ses élèves.

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Engendrer, reproduire

Examples :

"The farmer is hoping to gender his prize-winning sheep to produce more lambs. "

L'agriculteur espère engendrer ses moutons primés pour produire plus d'agneaux.

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