Number in the noun refers to singular ( for one) and plural ( for more than one). Many languages also have a dual form for nouns that occur in twos.
Gender in the noun refers to a system of formal classification that no longer exists in English. In languages that do still have it, grammatical gender is the form with which a noun's modifiers and in some cases even its verbs must always agree.
Indo-European languages have up to three grammatical genders, misleadingly called feminine, masculine and neuter. These have nothing to do with physical gender: a male person may be a feminine noun, like la personne in French; just as a female person may be a neuter noun, like das Mädschen in German; and a thing can be masculine like liber, feminine like fortuna or neuter like datum in Latin.
Among non-IE languages, in Arabic many masculine nouns become "feminine" in form in the plural; and counting in Japanese involves a set of formal categories amounting to half a dozen genders for the noun.
Yes, the number four (4) is both a noun and an adjective.The noun 'four' is a singular, common noun, a word for a thing.When a number is used on it's own, a number is a noun (see page four).When a number is used to describe a noun, a number is an adjective (there are four pages).
Yes, any number is both a noun and an adjective.When a number is used on it's own, a number is a noun.When a number is used to describe a noun, a number is an adjective.Example sentences:Noun: The number of digits in the average American telephone number is ten.Adjective: There are ten digits in the average American telephone number.
A number is both a noun and an adjective.When a number is used on it's own, a number is a noun(see page nine).When a number is used to describe a noun, a number is an adjective (there are nine pages).Example sentences:Noun: The number of digits in the average American telephone number is ten.Adjective: There are ten digits in the average American telephone number.* A number may be considered to act as a pronoun when a noun is the antecedentPronoun : Bill and Ted left the house, and the two were never seen again. (two men)
Three is a noun, the cardinal number
Yes, a number can be a noun, or pronoun. It acts as an adjective when it appears with another noun.
The male is called a drake and the female is called a duck or hen.
"Gander" is the term for the male goose. The female goose is called a goose, or a hen.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun gander is a word for a male. The noun for a female is goose.The word goose is also the form used to refer to animal.
Gander is a noun and a 'slang' expression 'to have a look at' and comes from an Old English word 'Gandra'. It also refers to a long necked bird looking about
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The gender specific noun for a female goose is goose.The gender specific noun for a male goose is gander.The noun 'goose' is also a common gender noun for any member of the species.
Gander
geese is the plural noun for that species the male is called a gander the female is called a goose
Gander, Newfoundland, got its name from the nearby Gander River, which was named for the large number of wild geese, or "ganders," that were found in the area. The word "gander" is derived from the Old English term for a male goose. The town developed in the 1930s as a key stopover for transatlantic flights and has since become known for its aviation history.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, for example:The gender specific noun for a female duck is hen.The gender specific noun for a male duck is drake.The noun 'duck' is a common gender noun as a word for a male or a female of the species.It appears that regionally in the US a female duck may be referred to as a susie or grayduck, and a male as a greenhead, although this may specifically refer to mallards, and primarily along the Mississippi delta.
A gander is a male goose.It's an adult male goose (as in what's good for the goose is good for the gander).
a gander is very big
The gender of gander is a male.