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Are planets grammatically male or female. I guess taking the lead from being named Roman gods. Earth Venus female, and the rest male.
by zeristor 3y ago
Are planets grammatically male or female.
I guess taking the lead from being named Roman gods. Earth Venus female, and the rest male.
- smcl 3y agoIn English the word "planet" and the planets themselves are gender neutral. "Venus" may have originally been the name of a female god, but the planet itself is it/it: > Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is a rocky planet with a mass and size narrowly second in the Solar System to Earth
- laputan_machine 3y agoEnglish doesn't sex nouns, so it will probably vary from language to language
- progval 3y agoThey are all grammatically female in French, even when named after male gods.
- world2vec 3y agoIn Portuguese the word 'planet' is grammatically male ("o planeta...").