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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goobermunch" data-source="post: 3840471" data-attributes="member: 10516">Wrong.When referring to gender in languages, we're looking at the gender of nouns and adjectives.  Your nice list up there is lacking in nouns or adjectives.  And what we're looking for is examples of nouns that have an inherent gender connection (f'rex in spanish, iglesia (church) is always a feminine noun), or adjectives that change to reflect the gender of the object described (moreno/morena (brunette)).*However, you're not totally wrong.  There is at least one gendered adjective in the English language.blond (adj. masc)blonde (adj. fem)--G*Random factoid of the day regarding genders in Spanish.  Ordinarily, feminine nouns and adjectives end in -a.  The word for problem in Spanish is "problema."  Thus, you could say that all problems are female in nature.  Sadly, you'd be wrong, as "problema" comes from Arabic.  In Spanish, all problemas are masculine.</blockquote>