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The assignment of nouns into categories (noun classes) often labelled 'masculine', 'feminine' and 'neuter'.
Groups of nouns that a particular language treats similarly, categorized either by gender ("masculine"/"feminine"/"neuter"), animacy, or some other attribute of the thing signified by the noun; or by the noun's morphology; or by other rules, different from language to language.

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A definition or brief description of Noun class.

Groups of nouns that a particular language treats similarly, categorized either by gender ("masculine"/"feminine"/"neuter"), animacy, or some other attribute of the thing signified by the noun; or by the noun's morphology; or by other rules, different from language to language.