epiceno
Italian
Etymology
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃɛ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛno
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧cè‧no
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epiceni, feminine plural epicene)
- (grammar) common (gender)
- Synonyms: promiscuo, ambigenere
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.piˈsẽ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.piˈse.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.piˈse.nu/
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧ce‧no
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
- (grammar, of words for animals) having a fixed grammatical gender
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /epiˈθeno/ [e.piˈθe.no] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /epiˈseno/ [e.piˈse.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: e‧pi‧ce‧no
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
Noun
epiceno m (plural epicenos)
- epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)
- Synonym: nombre epiceno
Further reading
- “epiceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024