hermaphroditic

English

Etymology

From hermaphrodite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

hermaphroditic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. [from the early 17th c.]
2. (biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
3. Relating to the metaphysical integration of two complementary principles, often framed as masculine and feminine, active and receptive, solar and lunar, force and form, etc.
   • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 106:

     Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.

Synonyms

• hermaphrodite (adjective)
• intersexual
• ambisexual

Derived terms

• euhermaphroditic
• hermaphroditically
• pseudohermaphroditic

Related terms

• androgynous

Translations

of or pertaining to hermaphrodism

• Danish: hermafroditisk
• French: hermaphrodite (fr)
• German: hermaphroditisch (de)
• Greek: ερμαφρόδιτος (el) m (ermafróditos)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hermafrodittisk, tvekjønna, tvekjønnet

  Nynorsk: hermafrodittisk, tvekjønna, tvikjønna

• Polish: hermafrodytyczny
• Swedish: hermafroditisk (sv)
• Turkish: erdişi (tr), erselik (tr), hermafrodit (tr), hünsa (tr)
• Volapük: härmafroditik

biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes

• Catalan: hermafrodita (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雌雄同體的 / 雌雄同体的 (cíxióng tóng tǐ de)

• Danish: hermafroditisk
• Esperanto: hermafrodita (eo), ambaŭseksa
• French: hermaphrodite (fr), androgyne (fr) m or f (not self-sufficient)
• German: hermaphroditisch (de)
• Greek: ερμαφρόδιτος (el) m (ermafróditos)
• Hungarian: hímnős (hu), hermafrodita (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hermafrodittisk, tvekjønna, tvekjønnet

  Nynorsk: hermafrodittisk, tvikjønna, tvekjønna, tvitola

• Polish: obojnacki
• Swedish: hermafroditisk (sv)
• Tagalog: balakihanin
• Turkish: erdişi (tr), erselik (tr), hünsa (tr) (archaic), hermafrodit (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀, of the person) härmafroditanik, (♂) hihärmafroditanik (♀) jihärmafroditanik