she/he
Third person singular
She/he is a written device for indicating either pronoun applies, used to avoid the generic masculine: The student should bring she/he own supplies.
The construction is awkward in speech and has largely given way to singular they or restructured sentences.
He/she is the more common order.
Also written she or he, s/he.
Adult female human
boy · lady · gentleman · feminine · masculine · nonbinary · cisgender · transgender
Matter under discussion
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- third-personGrammatical category for others
- singularOne in number
antecedent · agreement · referent · gendered · epicene · anaphora · syntax · usage
Receptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- carWheeled motor vehicle
- boatWatercraft for travel
- nationSovereign political entity
hurricane · moon · earth · motherland · fatherland · locomotive · aircraft · engine
woman
Adult female human
girl · boy · lady · gentleman · feminine · masculine · nonbinary · cisgender · transgender · genderqueer
subject
Matter under discussion
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- third-personGrammatical category for others
singular · antecedent · agreement · referent · gendered · epicene · anaphora · syntax · usage · inclusive
her
Female object pronoun
whom · whose · it · one · ze · themself · person · individual · someone · somebody
vessel
Receptacle for contents
nation · hurricane · moon · earth · motherland · fatherland · locomotive · aircraft · engine · machine
doe
Adult female deer
cow · bull · mare · stallion · ewe · ram · sow · boar · queen · tom