Masculine
nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals. Feminine nouns are
words for women and girls, and female animals.
Masculine
- Feminine
boy
- girl
man
- woman
prince
- princess
steward
- stewardess
waiter – waitress
bride – bridegroom
rooster – hen
lion – lioness
king -
queen
mother – father
great-grandfather – great-grandmother
grandfather – grandmother
son –daughter
brother – sister
husband – wife
uncle – aunt
Here
are some more masculine and feminine nouns for people. Here are some more
masculine and feminine nouns for people.
Masculine – Fiminine
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
Note:
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
NOTE:
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. Nouns like these are used for both males and females:
accountants
parents
artists
managers
designers
pupils
engineers
singers
lawyers
teachers
doctors
scientist
hairdressers
dancers
NOTE:
We call these nouns common-gender nouns.
Words for things that are neither male nor female are called neuter nouns.
Here
are some neuter nouns:
ball
forest
building
gymnasium
broom
playground
cake
rock
computer
sky
card
socks
floor
wind
leaves
bench
mirror
fire
waterfall
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