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gemeenslachtig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • epicene adj Describing a group of Greek or Latin nouns that can mean either a male or a female but always keep one fixed grammatical gender.

Senses

gemeenslachtig is used for these senses in English:

  • epicene (linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.

epicene — full definition

  1. adj Describing a group of Greek or Latin nouns that can mean either a male or a female but always keep one fixed grammatical gender.
  2. adj Describing a noun or pronoun that uses the same form whether it refers to a male or a female.
  3. adj Able to be used by, or to suit, people of either sex.
  4. adj Not clearly of one sex, or, of a face, looking neither clearly male nor clearly female.
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