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Meaning of ambigeneric | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/ˌæmbɪd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/

Definitions

Having both masculine and feminine gender.

not-comparable

Examples

“Another conspicuous feature of Romanian noun morphology is the class of ambigeneric nouns, masculine when singular and feminine when plural.”
“The ambigeneric controllers behave as masculine and feminine , depending on the gender of the speaker”
“The cast is excellent, Mary Garden excelling inthe difficult part of Liz, while Sir Al Forbes-Robertson Jolson's portrayal of the ambigeneric hero is a triumph of tact, vigour, and nuance; and profusely illustrated brochures, entitled " Anthony Comstock's Reminiscences, or Tramping on Life " are distributed ( gratis ) to members of the audience, at eacch and every performance which I myself enjoyed very mcuh.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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