English

Noun

subgender ‎(plural subgenders)

1. (grammar) A sublevel of grammatical gender.
   • 2015 December 19, “Age Effects in L2 Grammar Processing as Revealed by ERPs and How (Not) to Study Them”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143328:

     Although German, Polish and Russian all have a three-way gender system consisting of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, only Polish and Russian have additional subgenders based on animacy and/or personhood.