epicene
Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females…Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
» The word "single" is epicene.
Значення
значень: 6(без ступенів порівняння)Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
(без ступенів порівняння)Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
(ширше, без ступенів порівняння)Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
(переносно, без ступенів порівняння)Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.
(ширше, без ступенів порівняння)Indeterminate; mixed.
(ширше, зневажливе, без ступенів порівняння, зазвичай)Of a man: effeminate.
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- having unsuitable feminine qualities
Приклади
речень: 1The word "single" is epicene.
Переклади
мов: 4Походження
From Late Middle English epicene, epicen, epicin, epcyn, episcen, epycen, epycene, epycyn,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)).
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Синоніми
синонімів: 10- having an ambiguous sexual identity:bisexual
- having unsuitable feminine qualities:effeminateemasculatecissysissifiedsissyishsissy