What is the gender for the word RIVER? Is it masculine or feminine?

Question

If your answer is either of two, can you please tell the antonym of the word RIVER?

There are several words in languages other than English which have either masculine or feminine gender and still they don't have antonyms. How come?

Answer 1

first of all, in the english language, i was unaware that words had a gender

i can speak spanish and i know that words in that language have a gender, demonstrated by the article placed in front of the particular word

so therefore, in english, i don't beleive that the word has a gender

however, in spanish, the word is rio, which is a masculine word

on to my second point

simply because in other languages, a word is masculine or feminine, that does not mean that every word has an antonym

whether or not a word has an antonym is determined by the definiton of the word, not of the word's "gender"

so asking for an antonym for a word simply because it has a gender in other languages is not always a realistic request

sorry to disappoint you

Answer 2

River is neuter - as are almost all English nouns. Very few have gender. Some of the few are relationships (son, aunt, mother, father), some occupations (host/hostess, waiter/waitress), and sex-specific nouns (man, girl, mare, ram, bull, doe)

A very few other things are accorded gender:

The US flag - 'She's a grand old flag"

Ships, especially larger ones, are feminine, and occasionally feminine is used for other mechanical items: "I had a '57 Thunderbird. She was a beauty.'

There may be some other instances, but that probably covers almost all nouns with gender.

As for an antonym, it's hard to say there is anything 'opposite' a river, regardless of its gender.

Answer 3

in english nouns are not regarded as being either masculine or feminine, as in some languages. some pronouns can indicate gender such as his or hers but non living things are generally regarded as gender neutral. one exception would be a ship, which is referred to as a feminine object by nautical folk, but i have never heard of a river being referred to in such a way. an antonym is an opposite, i believe. i can't imagine what the opposite of a river might be. good luck.

Answer 4

It depends on what you want it for and what you think of it.
If you want River for a name, it works both ways I think, depending though, on how you spell it.
If a variant like Rivere would be feminine-ish while Riever is more masculine-ish ?

Just for fun, if River is feminine then the antonym can be BANK ~ LOL !

Answer 5

River is neuter gender.
However, in some Asian countries, rivers are given names of women, as in India where most of the rivers are named after women (Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, etc.). In such cases, I believe that rivers are regarded as feminine, probably because rivers nurture life, and are considered equivalent to a woman who sustains life.

Answer 6

words that bring about O are in many situations masculine and people who bring about A are in many situations female.even though there are a number of exceptions and of path many nouns end with different letters.of path all nouns additionally get the plural of the object.El pez-los peces.additionally many female nouns tale the Masc.article in the singular.Examples el agua-las aguas,el ama las amas..additionally it incredibly is l. a. mano-las manos.physique factors will take the two a M. or F. article even however the guy"s intercourse is the different. occasion el pecho-los pechos. you will would desire to be taught all of them and don't subject in case you get them mixed up even interior reach audio gadget get them mixed up.Pescado is fish out of the water plural or singular fairly on your supper.

Answer 7

you can't have antonyms on nouns. Well, i guess except anti-matter, but i'm getting off topic.