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hermaphrodite en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

Meanings

1. (dated, not-comparable, offensive) Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
2. (not-comparable) Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.
3. (dated, not-comparable, offensive) Combining two opposing qualities.

Relateds

genderqueer · two-spirit · berdache

Synonyms

hermaphroditic · intersex · androgynous · ambisexual

Translations (40)

nl hermafrodiete (having both male and female gonads) · ms khunsa (having both male and female gonads) · is tvítólaður (having both male and female gonads) · nn tvikjønna (having both male and female gonads) · fr hermaphrodite (having both male and female gonads) · vo härmafroditanik (having both male and female gonads) · ja 半陰陽の (having both male and female gonads) · ro hermafrodit (having both male and female gonads) · nb hermafrodittisk (having both male and female gonads) · es hermafrodita (having both male and female gonads) · fo tvíkynjaður (having both male and female gonads) · is tvítóli (having both male and female gonads) · eo hermafrodita (having both male and female gonads) · fi hermafrodiitti (having both male and female gonads) · fr bisexué (having both male and female gonads) · ga idirghnéasach (having both male and female gonads) · fr bisexuée (having both male and female gonads) · nb tvekjønna (having both male and female gonads) · nl hermafrodiet (having both male and female gonads) · bg хермафродитен (having both male and female gonads) · ar خُنْثَوِيّ (having both male and female gonads) · vo hihärmafroditanik jihärmafroditanik (having both male and female gonads) · nn tvekjønna (having both male and female gonads) · pl hermafrodyczny (having both male and female gonads) · de hermaphroditisch (having both male and female gonads) · is tvítóla (having both male and female gonads) · ru гермафроди́тный (having both male and female gonads) · da hermafroditisk (having both male and female gonads) · nn hermafrodittisk (having both male and female gonads) · cmn 雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的 (having both male and female gonads) · nb tvekjønnet (having both male and female gonads) · pt ambivalente (combining two opposing qualities) · de zwittrig (having both male and female gonads) · nn tvitola (having both male and female gonads) · pl hermafrodyczny (combining two opposing qualities) · ms hermafrodit (having both male and female gonads) · vo härmafroditik (having both male and female gonads) · ja 雌雄同体の (having both male and female gonads) · da tvekønnet (having both male and female gonads) · pt hermafrodita (having both male and female gonads)

hermaphrodite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

Meanings

1. (dated, offensive) A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
2. Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
   • An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
3. Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
   • Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
4. (dated, offensive) A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
5. A hermaphrodite brig.
6. A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
7. (World-War-I, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

Forms

Deriveds

androhermaphrodite · hermaphroditish · euhermaphrodite · hermaphrodism · hermaphroditism · hermaphroditize · pseudohermaphrodite · false hermaphrodite · herm

Synonyms

maphrodite · androgyne · dichogamous · mophrodite · cosexual · morphodite · intersex · gynandromorph

Translations (79)

tr hünsa (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · de Zwitter (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · eo androgino (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · be гермафрады́т (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ca hermafrodita (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ur ہیجڑا (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sv hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · br divreizhadezh (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · el ερμαφρόδιτος (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · fa نرماده (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sw huntha (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ro hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · bg хермафродит (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · pl hermafrodyta (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · tr erdişi (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ga idirghnéas (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · arc אנדרוגינוס (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sq deledash (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · is tvíkynjungur (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · vo hihärmafroditan jihärmafroditan (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · pl obojnak (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · uz xunasa (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sh hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ja 双成り (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ang wǣpenwīfestre (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ru гермафроди́т (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nb hermafroditt (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · kk қызтеке (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · da hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · fi hermafrodiitti (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · tr hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · my ဒွိလိင် (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · it ermafrodito (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · az xonsa (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nn tvitole (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ms khunsa (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ang bǣddel (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · cs obojetník (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · gl hermafrodita (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nn tvitoling (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · grc ἑρμαφρόδιτος (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ar خُنْثَى (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · de Hermaphrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · el ερμαφρόδιτη (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · cmn 陰陽人 /阴阳人 (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · th แต๋ว (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · eo ambaŭseksulo (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · vi người ái nam ái nữ (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · pt andrógino (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · cmn 兩性人 /两性人 (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · es hermafrodita (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nl hermafrodiet (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ga cadar (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · tl balakihan (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · eo hermafrodito (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · grc ἀνδρόγυνος (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sh dvopolnik (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · ja 雌雄同体 (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · et hermafrodiit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · zle-ort гермафродитъ (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · de Zweigeschlecht (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · hi हिजड़ा (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · fr hermaphrodite (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · lo ກະເທີຍ (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · xal саармг (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · pt hermafrodita (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · su wandu (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nv nádleeh (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · tr erselik (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · lt hermafroditas (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · vo härmafroditan (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · nn hermafroditt (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · pt dígamo (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · de Hermaphroditin (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · he הרמפרודיט (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · uk гермафроди́т (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · sh dvopolac (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · km ខ្ទើយ (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female) · cs hermafrodit (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)