androgyny

English

Alternative forms

• androgony

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -gyny. See androgynous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒdʒəni/

• Audio (RP):

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• IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/

Noun

androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)

1. Hermaphroditism.
2. The state of having traits of both male and female genders. [from the mid 19th century]
3. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 297:

     ‘I like short hair on girls. I like that androgyny thing.’

4. The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
   • 2003, Wigbert Fehse, Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 335:

     […] it is obvious that the idea of androgyny of docking/berthing interfaces […]

Related terms

• androgynous

Translations

hermaphroditism

• Finnish: androgynia
• French: androgynie (fr) f
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• German: Zwittrigkeit (de) f
• Polish: androginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: androginia (pt) f

having traits of both male and female genders

• Esperanto: ambaŭseksa
• Finnish: androgynia
• French: androgynie (fr) f
• German: Androgynie (de) f, Androgynismus m, Androgynität f
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• Portuguese: androginia (pt) f
• Russian: андрогиния (ru) f (androginija)
• Ukrainian: андроґі́нність f (androgínnistʹ), андрогі́нність f (androhínnistʹ)

appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine

• Finnish: androgynia
• French: androgynie (fr) f
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• Portuguese: androginia (pt) f