Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Masculine nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals.
Feminine nouns are words for women and girls, and female animals.
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Masculine Feminine
boy girl
man woman
prince princess
steward stewardess
waiter waitress
Here are some more masculine and feminine nouns for people.
Masculine Feminine
actor actress
brother sister
emperor empress
father mother
gentleman lady
grandfather grandmother
grandson granddaughter
headmaster headmistress
man woman
master mistress
nephew niece
prince princess
son daughter
steward stewardess
uncle aunt
wizard witch
Masculine nouns belong to the masculine gender.
Feminine nouns belong to the feminine gender.
- Here are some masculine and feminine nouns for male and female animals.
Animal Male Female
chicken rooster hen
cattle bull cow
deer buck doe
donkey jack jenny
duck drake duck
fox fox vixen
goose gander goose
horse stallion mare
lion lion lioness
sheep ram ewe
tiger tiger tigress
- Nouns that end in -ess and -ress often belong to the feminine gender.
For example:
actress stewardess
lioness tigress
princess waitress
Many nouns are used for both males and females.
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Nouns like these are used for both males and females:
accountants parents
artists managers
designers pupils
engineers singers
lawyers teachers
- We call these nouns common-gender nouns.
Words for things that are neither male nor female are called neuter nouns.
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Here are some neuter nouns:
ball forest
building gymnasium
broom playground
cake rock
computer sky
card socks
floor wind
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