spol
1. spol
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles [lastnosti, ki organizme razlikujejo glede na njihovo reproduktivno vlogo]
2. spol, biološki spol
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided [eden od dveh kategorij (moški ali ženski), na katere so razdeljeni večini organizmov]
3. spol
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness [gramatična kategorija v sklonljivih jezikih, ki uravnava skladnost med samostalniki, zaimki in pridevniki; v nekaterih jezikih je ta kategorija dokaj arbitrarna, v indoevropskih jezikih pa je običajno utemeljena na spolu ali animatnosti]