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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

彼

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Xe/ˈziː.iː/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は部屋に入ってきた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As pronoun
  1. 1

    A gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun used to refer to a person independently of their biological sex or gender identity.

    "Xe walked into the room and immediately began presenting the project."
As noun
  1. 1

    The chemical symbol for Xenon, a heavy, colorless, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.

    "The laboratory equipment was successfully filled with high-purity Xe gas."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 20th century as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun. It draws inspiration from older neologisms like 'ze' and integrates into the modern movement for inclusive and non-binary linguistic self-determination in English.

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