hermaphrodite

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Etymology

From Hermaphroditos, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, possessing both male and female qualities.

Noun

hermaphrodite (plural hermaphrodites)

1. An individual or organism possessing gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads. [from late 14th c.]

   An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.

2. A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
3. (nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.

Usage notes

• Like many terms that start with a voiced h and have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hermaphrodite with an, others with a.
• Intersex is now the preferred term for human description.

Derived terms

terms derived from hermaphrodite

false hermaphrodite herm / herm.

hermaphrodism pseudohermaphrodite

Synonyms

• androgyne
• gynandromorph
• morphodite

Translations

individual or organism having both male and female gonads

Arabic: خنثى (ar) (khúnshaa) f. Breton: divreizhadezh Catalan: hermafrodita (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 陰陽人 (cmn), 阴阳人 (cmn) (yīnyángrén), 兩性人 (cmn), 两性人 (cmn) (liǎngxìngrén) Czech: hermafrodit (cs) m. Danish: hermafrodit c. Dutch: hermafrodiet m. Esperanto: hermafrodito, androgino Estonian: hermafrodiit Finnish: hermafrodiitti (fi) French: hermaphrodite (fr) m. and f. German: Hermaphrodit (de) m., Zwitter (de) m., Zweigeschlecht (de) n. Hebrew: הרמפרודיט (he) (hermafrodit)

Hindi: हिजड़ा (hi) (hijra) Icelandic: tvíkynjungur m. Irish: idirghnéas m. Japanese: 双成り (ja) (ふたなり, futanari) Lithuanian: hermafroditas (lt) Polish: hermafrodyta (pl) m. Portuguese: hermafrodita (pt) m. and f., andrógino (pt) m., dígamo (pt) m. Romanian: hermafrodit Russian: гермафродит (ru) (germafrodít) m. Serbian: hermafrodit, dvopolac m., dvopolnik m. Spanish: hermafrodita (es) m. and f. Swedish: hermafrodit (sv) c. Turkish: erdişi (tr), hermafrodit (tr), erselik (tr), hünsa (tr) Ukrainian: гермафродит m. Urdu: ہیجڑا (hijra)

person or thing possessing two opposing qualities

Polish: hermafrodyta (pl) m.

Portuguese: ambivalente (pt), ambíguo (pt), dúbio (pt), ancipital (pt), dual (pt)

Adjective

hermaphrodite (comparative more hermaphrodite, superlative most hermaphrodite)

1. Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
2. Combining two opposing qualities.

Synonyms

• androgynous
• hermaphroditic

Translations

having both male and female gonads

Arabic: خنثوي (ar) (khunshawiy) Chinese: Mandarin: 雌雄同體的 (cmn), 雌雄同体的 (cmn) (cíxióng tóngtǐ-de) Danish: tvekønnet (da), hermafroditisk (da) Dutch: hermafrodiet, hermafrodiete Esperanto: hermafrodita (eo) Faroese: tvíkynjaður (fo) Finnish: hermafrodiitti (fi) French: hermaphrodite m. and f., bisexué m., bisexuée f.

German: hermaphroditisch, zwittrig Icelandic: tvítóla (indeclinable); tvítólaður m., tvítóluð f., tvítólað n.; tvítóli m. Irish: idirghnéasach m. Japanese: 半陰陽の (ja) (はんいんようの, han’in’yō-no), 雌雄同体の (ja) (しゆうどうたいの, shiyūdōtai-no) Polish: hermafrodyczny (pl) Portuguese: hermafrodita (pt) m. and f. Romanian: hermafrodit (ro) m. and n. Russian: гермафродитный (ru) (germafrodítnyj)

combining two opposing qualities

Polish: hermafrodyczny (pl)

Portuguese: ambivalente (pt)

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit/ SAMPA: /ER.ma.fRO.dit/

Adjective

hermaphrodite (epicene, plural hermaphrodites)

1. hermaphrodite

Noun

hermaphrodite m. and f. (plural hermaphrodites)

1. hermaphrodite