How to pronounce “gender”
Say “gender” in 2 beats
gender
/ˈdʒɛndɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /dʒɛndə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- gendʒɛnstress
- derdɚ
- IPA (American)
- /ˈdʒɛndɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /dʒɛndə/
- Respelling
- JEN-duh
- Syllables
- 2 — GEN-der
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: GEN-der. “gen” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/ˈdʒɛndɚ/
/dʒɛndə/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “gender” means
- noun
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
- noun
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
“she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus”
Say it in a sentence
“In French, every noun carries a gender you have to learn.”“gender”, answered
How do you pronounce “gender”?
“gender” is pronounced /ˈdʒɛndɚ/ (JEN-duh) in American English and /dʒɛndə/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “gen”. Build it as GEN-der, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “gender” have?
2: gen · der. The beat lands on the first, “gen”.
Is “gender” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈdʒɛndɚ/ (JEN-duh); British English says /dʒɛndə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “gender” mean?
As a noun: 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 For example: “In French, every noun carries a gender you have to learn.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “gender”?
Stress the first syllable: GEN-der. “gen” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “gender” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.