bisexual

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ sexual

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /baɪˈsɛk.ʃu.‌əl/

Adjective

bisexual (comparative more bisexual, superlative most bisexual)

1. (sexuality, of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to members of either sex.
2. (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
3. (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
4. (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
5. (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
6. (rare) Hermaphroditic.

   Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual.

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible

Related terms

• bi-curious

Synonyms

• (sexually attracted to persons of either sex): AC/DC (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial)
• (botany: having male and female organs): perfect, hermaphrodite
• See also Wikisaurus:bisexual

Coordinate terms

• (of humans): homosexual, heterosexual, asexual

Translations

sexually attracted to persons of either sex

• Albanian: i dygjinishëm (sq)
• Armenian: երկսեռական (hy) (erkseṙakan) 
• Azeri: ikicinsli (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙性戀的 (cmn), 双性恋的 (cmn) (shuāngxìngliàn de)

• Czech: bisexuální (cs)
• Dutch: biseksueel (nl)
• Estonian: biseksuaalne (et)
• Finnish: biseksuaalinen (fi)
• French: bisexuel (fr)
• Georgian: ბისექსუალი (ka) (bisek’suali) 
• German: bisexuell (de), bi (de)
• Greek: αμφιφυλόφιλος (el) (amfifylófilos) 
• Haitian Creole: biseksyèl
• Hebrew: דו מיני (he)
• Hindi: उभयलिंगी (hi) (ubhayaliṅgī)
• Hungarian: biszexuális (hu)

• Irish: déghnéasach (ga)
• Italian: bisessuale (it) m and f
• Japanese: 両性愛の (ja) (りょうせいあいの, ryōseiai-no), バイセクシュアルな (ja) (baisekushuaru-na)
• Jèrriais: bisexuel
• Korean: 양성애 (ko) (yangseong ae)
• Maltese: bisesswali (mt)
• Persian: دوجنس‌گرا (fa) (do-jens-garâ)
• Polish: biseksualny (pl) m
• Portuguese: bissexual (pt), bi (pt)
• Russian: бисексуальный (ru) (bisɛksuálʹnyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-ghnèitheach (gd), dà-mhiannach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: biseksualan (sh)
• Spanish: bisexual (es)
• Swedish: bisexuell (sv)
• Tajik: дуҷинсгаро (tg) (dujinsgaro) 
• Turkish: biseksüel (tr)

botany: having both male and female organs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兩性的 (cmn), 两性的 (cmn) (liǎngxìng de), 雙性的 (cmn), 双性的 (cmn) (shuāngxìng de)

• Dutch: tweeslachtig (nl)
• Finnish: kaksineuvoinen (fi)
• French: bisexué (fr)
• German: bisexuell (de), zweigeschlechtlich (de)

• Irish: déghnéasach (ga)
• Italian: bisessuale (it), ermafrodita (it)
• Japanese: 両性的な (ja) (りょうせいてきな, ryōseiteki-na), 両性の (ja) (りょうせいの, ryōsei no)
• Maltese: bisesswali (mt), mara-raġel (mt)
• Portuguese: bissexuado (pt)
• Russian: двуполый (ru) (dvupólyj) 

hermaphrodite — see hermaphrodite

Noun

bisexual (plural bisexuals)

1. A person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to both males and females.

Synonyms

• bi (colloquial)
• See also Wikisaurus:bisexual

Translations

bisexual person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙性戀者 (cmn), 双性恋者 (cmn) (shuāngxìngliànzhě)

• Czech: bisexuál (cs) m
• Dutch: biseksueel (nl) m and f
• Estonian: biseksuaal (et), bi (et)
• Faroese: tvíkyndur (fo) m, tvíkynd (fo) f
• Finnish: biseksuaali (fi), (colloquial) bi (fi)
• French: bisexuel (fr) m, bisexuelle (fr) f
• German: Bisexuelle (de) f, Bisexueller (de) m
• Interlingua: bisexual (ia)
• Italian: bisessuale (it) m and f, bisex (it) m and f
• Japanese: 両性愛者 (ja) (りょうせいあいしゃ, ryōseiaisha), バイセクシュアル (ja) (baisekushuaru)

• Jèrriais: bisexuel m, bisexuelle f
• Persian: دوجنس‌گرا (fa) (do-jens-garâ)
• Polish: biseksualista (pl) m, (colloquial) bi (pl)
• Portuguese: bissexual (pt), bi (pt) m and f
• Russian: бисексуал (ru) (bisɛksuál) m , бисексуалка (ru) (bisɛksuálka) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-ghnèitheach (gd) m
• Spanish: bisexual (es) m and f
• Swedish: bi (sv) n
• Tajik: дуҷинсгаро (tg) (dujinsgaro) 
• Turkish: biseksüel (tr)

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Catalan

Adjective

bisexual m, f (masculine and feminine plural bisexuals)

1. bisexual

Noun

bisexual m, f (plural bisexuals)

1. bisexual

Related terms

• bisexualitat

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Romanian

Etymology

From French bisexuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [biseksuˈal]

Adjective

bisexual ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. bisexual

Declension

declension of bisexual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bisexual		bisexuală	bisexuali	bisexuale
	definite	bisexualul		bisexuala	bisexualii	bisexualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bisexual		bisexuale	bisexuali	bisexuale
	definite	bisexualului		bisexualei	bisexualilor	bisexualelor

Noun

bisexual m (plural bisexuali)

1. a bisexual

Declension

declension of bisexual

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un bisexual	bisexualul	niște bisexuali	bisexualii
genitive/dative	unui bisexual	bisexualului	unor bisexuali	bisexualilor

Related terms

• bisexualitate

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Spanish

Etymology

bi- +‎ sexual

Adjective

bisexual m and f (plural bisexuales)

1. bisexual

Noun

bisexual m and f (plural bisexuales)

1. bisexual