Noun gender

Nouns answer the questions "What is it?" and "Who is it?" They give names to things, people,
and places.

Examples

 dog
 bicycle
 Mary
 girl
 beauty
 France
 world

When we say gender of nouns:

Gender – it is a grammatical category of the noun, which reflects the biological category of sex
of the noun referent.

In general there is no distinction between masculine, feminine in English nouns. However,

gender is sometimes shown by different forms or different words when referring to people or
animals.

In English, the four genders of noun are masculine, feminine, common, and neuter.

 Masculine nouns refer to words for a male figure or male member of a species
(i.e. man, boy, actor, horse, etc.)
 Feminine nouns refer to female figures or female members of a species (i.e.
woman, girl, actress, mare, etc.)
 Common nouns refer to members of a species and don't specify the gender (i.e.
parent, friend, client, student, etc.)
 Neuter nouns refer to things that have no gender (i.e. rock, table, pencil, etc.)

MASCULINE FEMININE COMMON NEUTER

Father Mother Doctor Eraser

Son Daughter Visitor Shoes

Priest Nun Cousin Chocolate

Uncle Aunt Relative Car

 Rooster Hen Nurse Desk

Host Hostess Friend Bus

Actor Actress Manager Book

In common nouns, Many nouns that refer to people's roles and jobs can be used for either a
masculine or a feminine subject, like for example cousin, teenager, teacher, doctor, student,
friend, colleague
Examples

 Mary is my friend. She is a doctor.

It is possible to make the distinction for these common words by adding the
words male or female.
Examples

 Mary is a female doctor.

Now, that we already discuss the gender nouns. Can some give me an example of feminine
nouns aside from what I have given?
Some jobs were normally done by men in the past, and their names had no form for women
(e.g. fireman, fisherman). Some were normally done by women, and their names had no form
for men (e.g. nurses and secretaries were almost always women). Nowadays, fire-fighter is
preferred to fireman, and nurse is preferred for both sexes instead of male nurse for a
man. Personal assistant (or PA) is often used instead of secretary. The neutral words are more
‘politically correct’ (not likely to offend anyone):