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epiceno

epiceno

Italian

Adjective

epiceno m (feminine singular epicena, masculine plural epiceni, feminine plural epicene)

  1. (grammar) common (gender)

Synonyms


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, common).

Adjective

epiceno m (feminine singular epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas, comparable)

  1. (grammar) epicene (having only one gender, regardless of the referent’s sex)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, common).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /e.pi.ˈθe.no/
  • (Others) IPA(key): /e.pi.ˈse.no/

Adjective

epiceno m (feminine singular epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)

  1. (grammar, of gender) common; epicene

Noun

epiceno m (plural epicenos)

  1. epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)

Synonyms

  • (an epicene noun): nombre epiceno m