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| The word '''gender''' is derived from the Old French word ''genre'', meaning "kind of thing". It has several meanings in modern usage: | |||
| * Gender as a ] term is a ] distinction and applies to words only, generally assigning them to the classes ''masculine'', ''feminine'' or ''neuter''. See ]. | |||
| * Gender is commonly used as a synonym for '']'', referring to males and females classified according to genetic differences and distinct primary and secondary sex characteristics. | |||
| * Social scientists use ''gender'' to refer to a particular social identity, status, and cluster of roles, that are often (but not exclusively) assigned on the basis of sex. See ], ]. | |||
| * Situations sometimes arise where sex or gender may be mimicked by inanimate objects, notably in cable connectors that have "male" and "female" counterparts. For an example in this context see ]. | |||
| * The gender (pronounced with a hard G, as in ''get'') is an ]n ] used in ] orchestras. See ] | |||
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its bender, the gender bender