epicene

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪˌsiːn/
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• General-American: /ˈɛp.əˌsin/
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From Late Middle English epicene, epicen, epicin, epcyn, episcen, epycen, epycene, epycyn, ypsen (“(grammar) having only one form for masculine and feminine gender, common”), from Late Latin epicoenos, epicoenus (“of a noun: applicable to either males or females”), Latin epicoenon (“noun applicable to either males or females; grammatical gender of such nouns”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)).

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ancient Greek: ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos) — of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
• Italian: epiceno — of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
• Italian: ambigenere — of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
• Italian: promiscuo — of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
• Spanish: epiceno — of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
• Catalan: epicè — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Dutch: gemeenslachtig — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Dutch: geslachtloos — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Finnish: suvuton — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• French: épicène — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós) — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Icelandic: kynlaus — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Latin: communis — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Portuguese: epiceno — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Spanish: epiceno — of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents
• Galician: epiceno — epicene word
• German: Epicönum — epicene word
• German: Epikoinon — epicene word
• Icelandic: kynlaust orð — epicene word
• Spanish: epiceno — epicene word
• French: efféminé — effeminate man
• French: personne efféminée — effeminate man
• Irish: piteog — effeminate man
• Portuguese: hermafrodita — effeminate man