Translations for „epicene“ in the English » German Dictionary

epi·cene [ˈepɪsi:n] ADJ

1. epicene BIOL:

epicene

beiderlei Geschlechts

epicene feature

androgynes Merkmal

2. epicene fig (sexually indeterminate):

epicene

geschlechtslos fig

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

epicene feature

androgynes Merkmal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Naturally the book is illustrated by the author, with his own boneless, epicene figures.

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The plants are perennial marsh plants that can grow to 3.5 m (depending on the species), with epicene flowers.

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The baron, always the most epicene of creatures in his public life, functions as a toilet in private.

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Many of the words are not clearly either masculine or epicene today.

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In a book on gender and language, he calls the genderless pronoun, known to linguists as the epicene pronoun, "the word that failed," and not for lack of trying.

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