gender gender /ˈdʒɛndɝ/

noun

1. () A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness  ( grammatical gender , gender )
   a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
   
2. The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles  ( gender , sex , sexuality )
   the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
    She didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
   she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus