noun
- plural of epicene; words or forms that have the same form for both masculine and feminine genders
Usage: grammar; linguistics
Examples
- In English, many nouns are epicenes, such as ‘teacher’ or ‘student’.
- The linguist studied epicenes across different language families.
- Some languages have more epicenes than others.
- Latin has several epicenes that don’t change form by gender.
- The grammar book explained how epicenes function in the language.
- Students often struggle to identify epicenes in their assignments.