bisexuel
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bi- + sexuel. Attested since 1778 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts").[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bisexuel (feminine bisexuelle, masculine plural bisexuels, feminine plural bisexuelles)
Noun[edit]
bisexuel m (plural bisexuels)
References[edit]
- ^ In Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Flore françoise, ou, Description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, tome II, page 166, describes one subcategory of flowers as, "fleurs bisexuelles; fleurs hermaphrodites...."
Further reading[edit]
- “bisexuel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bisexuel m
Related terms[edit]
- bisexualité (“bisexuality”)
Noun[edit]
bisexuel m (plural bisexuels, feminine bisexuelle)