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epiceno

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃɛ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧cè‧no

Adjective

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

  1. (grammar) common (gender)
    Synonyms: promiscuo, ambigenere

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧ce‧no

Adjective

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

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

See also

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (grammar, of gender) common; epicene

Noun

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epiceno m (plural epicenos)

  1. epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)
    Synonym: nombre epiceno

Further reading

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