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)

1. (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/

• (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)

1. (grammar, of words for animals) having a fixed grammatical gender

See also

• sobrecomum

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /epiˈθeno/ [e.piˈθe.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /epiˈseno/ [e.piˈse.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧ce‧no

Adjective

epiceno (feminine 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)

   Synonym: nombre epiceno

Further reading

• “epiceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16