epiceno
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epiceni, feminine plural epicene)
- (grammar) common (gender)
- Synonyms: promiscuo, ambigenere
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧ce‧no
Adjective edit
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
- (grammar, of words for animals) having a fixed grammatical gender
See also edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /epiˈθeno/ [e.piˈθe.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /epiˈseno/ [e.piˈse.no]
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: e‧pi‧ce‧no
Adjective edit
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
Noun edit
epiceno m (plural epicenos)
- epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)
- Synonym: nombre epiceno
Further reading edit
- “epiceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014