adj
Meaning 1
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
androgynous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/
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General-American: /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒɪnəs
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adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Nicknames like Pat, Sam, and Chris are androgynous, used by both men and women.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- APAS is an androgynous docking system, so – in principle, at least – any APAS-equipped vehicle should be able to hook up with any other, without having to worry about matching male with female ports.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
having both male and female characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: male, female
adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭnos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to andro- + gyno- + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: andróxinu — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Catalan: androgin — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Chinese Mandarin: 不男不女 (bùnánbùnǚ) — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Finnish: androgyyninen — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Finnish: sukupuolineutraali — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- French: asexué — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- French: androgyne — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Galician: andróxino — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- German: geschlechtsneutral — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- German: androgyn — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Greek: ανδρόγυνος (andrógynos) — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Hungarian: uniszex — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Irish: andraigíneach — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Japanese: 中性的 (chuuseiteki) — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Polish: androgyniczny — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Portuguese: andrógino — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Romanian: androgin — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Spanish: andrógino — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Welsh: androgynaidd — pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
- Danish: androgyn — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Dutch: tweeslachtig — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Dutch: androgyn — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Dutch: hermafrodiet — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Finnish: androgyyninen — possessing qualities of both sexes
- French: androgyne — possessing qualities of both sexes
- French: hermaphrodite — possessing qualities of both sexes
- German: androgyn — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Hungarian: hímnős — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Hungarian: androgün — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Indonesian: jantina — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Japanese: 両性具有 (ryōsei guyū) — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Kazakh: қос жынысты (qos jynysty) — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Polish: androgyniczny — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Portuguese: andrógino — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Romanian: androgin — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Russian: двупо́лый (dvupólyj) — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Spanish: andrógino — possessing qualities of both sexes
- Welsh: androgynaidd — possessing qualities of both sexes
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