What Is the Feminine Gender? (with Examples)

Feminine gender is one of three genders in English grammar. The three genders for nouns and pronouns are:

masculine
feminine
neuter

Click on Two Feminine Nouns

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Here are the associated singular pronouns:

Gender	Pronoun	Possessive Adjective (a type of pronoun)	Absolute Possessive Pronoun
masculine pronouns	he Example: He is happy.	his Example: This is his car.	his Example: This is his.
feminine pronouns	she Example: She is happy.	her Example: This is her car.	hers Example: This is hers.
neuter pronouns	it Example: It is happy.	its Example: This is its bone.	its Example: This is its. (rare)

Unless obviously male (e.g., man, boy, bull) or female (e.g., lady, vixen, sow), nouns tend to be neuter by default in English.

An animal can be referred to as it, or he or she when the sex is known. Large machines, such as ships and trains, which - by default - are neuter, are sometimes affectionally called she.