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Gender Words — Masculine and Feminine

In English, words that name males are called Masculine gender.
Words that name females are called Feminine gender.


👨👩 People — Masculine and Feminine

Section titled “👨👩 People — Masculine and Feminine”
Masculine (Male) 👦Feminine (Female) 👧Hindi (M)Hindi (F)
👦 Boy👧 Girlलड़कालड़की
👦 Man👧 Womanआदमीऔरत
👦 Father👧 Motherपितामाँ
👦 Brother👧 Sisterभाईबहन
👦 Son👧 Daughterबेटाबेटी
👦 Grandfather👧 Grandmotherदादादादी
👦 Uncle👧 Auntचाचाचाची
👦 King👧 Queenराजारानी
👦 Prince👧 Princessराजकुमारराजकुमारी
👦 Husband👧 Wifeपतिपत्नी
👦 Nephew👧 Nieceभतीजाभतीजी
👦 Groom👧 Brideदूल्हादुल्हन

AnimalMasculine (Male) ♂️Feminine (Female) ♀️Baby
🐕 DogDogBitchPuppy
🐈 CatTomCatKitten
🐄 CowBullCowCalf
🐎 HorseHorse / StallionMareFoal
🦁 LionLionLionessCub
🐯 TigerTigerTigressCub
🐘 ElephantBullCowCalf
🦌 DeerBuck / StagDoeFawn
🐓 ChickenCock / RoosterHenChick
🦆 DuckDrakeDuckDuckling
🐑 SheepRamEweLamb
🐐 GoatBillyNannyKid

MasculineFeminine
ActorActress
WaiterWaitress
HostHostess
HeroHeroine
PoetPoetess
StewardStewardess

💡 Note: Many job words are now the same for both male and female:
Doctor, Teacher, Engineer, Pilot, Manager, Chef


  1. Masculine = male (boy, man, father, king, lion)
  2. Feminine = female (girl, woman, mother, queen, lioness)
  3. Some words add -ess to make feminine: lion → lioness, tiger → tigeress
  4. Some words are completely different: boy → girl, man → woman, bull → cow

Write the feminine form:

  1. Boy → ___ (Girl)
  2. Father → ___ (Mother)
  3. King → ___ (Queen)
  4. Lion → ___ (Lioness)
  5. Brother → ___ (Sister)

Write the masculine form:

  1. Girl → ___ (Boy)
  2. Mother → ___ (Father)
  3. Queen → ___ (King)
  4. Hen → ___ (Cock / Rooster)
  5. Cow → ___ (Bull)

Knowing gender words helps us speak and write correctly! 👦👧