épicène — meaning in English
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English meaning
- epicene adj 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.).
- gender neutral adjective Designed or worded so as not to be associated with, or to favour, either men or women.
- unisex adjective Designed to be suitable for people of any sex or gender.
Senses
épicène 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.
- gender-neutral (grammar) In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.
- unisex Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender. [from 1960s]
epicene — full definition
- adj 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.).
- adj Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
- adj Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
- adj 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.
gender neutral — full definition
- adjective Designed or worded so as not to be associated with, or to favour, either men or women.
- adjective Of a name, pronoun or grammatical form: usable for any gender.