adj · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
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adj
Meaning 1
Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable, offensive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Combining two opposing qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, offensive
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A hermaphrodite brig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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10
noun
Meaning 10
An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: World-War-I, historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
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11
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hermaphroditic
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 12
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bisexual, bisexual person
History
Etymology
From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خُنْثَوِيّ
(ḵunṯawiyy)
— having both male and female gonads
Bulgarian:
хермафродитен
(hermafroditen)
— having both male and female gonads
Chinese Mandarin:
雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的
(cíxióng tóngtǐ de)
— having both male and female gonads
Danish:
tvekønnet
— having both male and female gonads
Danish:
hermafroditisk
— having both male and female gonads
Dutch:
hermafrodiet
— having both male and female gonads
Dutch:
hermafrodiete
— having both male and female gonads
Esperanto:
hermafrodita
— having both male and female gonads
Faroese:
tvíkynjaður
— having both male and female gonads
Finnish:
hermafrodiitti
— having both male and female gonads
French:
hermaphrodite
— having both male and female gonads
French:
bisexué
— having both male and female gonads
French:
bisexuée
— having both male and female gonads
German:
hermaphroditisch
— having both male and female gonads
German:
zwittrig
— having both male and female gonads
Icelandic:
tvítóla
— having both male and female gonads
Icelandic:
tvítólaður
— having both male and female gonads
Icelandic:
tvítóli
— having both male and female gonads
Irish:
idirghnéasach
— having both male and female gonads
Japanese:
半陰陽の
(han'in'yō no)
— having both male and female gonads
Japanese:
雌雄同体の
(shiyūdōtai no)
— having both male and female gonads
Malay:
hermafrodit
— having both male and female gonads
Malay:
khunsa
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Bokmål:
hermafrodittisk
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Bokmål:
tvekjønna
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Bokmål:
tvekjønnet
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hermafrodittisk
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tvikjønna
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tvekjønna
— having both male and female gonads
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tvitola
— having both male and female gonads
Polish:
hermafrodyczny
— having both male and female gonads
Portuguese:
hermafrodita
— having both male and female gonads
Romanian:
hermafrodit
— having both male and female gonads
Russian:
гермафроди́тный
(germafrodítnyj)
— having both male and female gonads
Spanish:
hermafrodita
— having both male and female gonads
Volapük:
härmafroditik
— having both male and female gonads
Volapük:
härmafroditanik
— having both male and female gonads
Volapük:
hihärmafroditanik jihärmafroditanik
— having both male and female gonads
Polish:
hermafrodyczny
— combining two opposing qualities
Portuguese:
ambivalente
— combining two opposing qualities
Albanian:
deledash
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Arabic:
خُنْثَى
(ḵunṯā)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Aramaic:
אנדרוגינוס
(androginos)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Belarusian:
гермафрады́т
(hjermafradýt)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Breton:
divreizhadezh
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Bulgarian:
хермафродит
(hermafrodit)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Burmese:
ဒွိလိင်
(dwi.ling)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Catalan:
hermafrodita
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Chinese Mandarin:
陰陽人 /阴阳人
(yīnyángrén)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Chinese Mandarin:
兩性人 /两性人
(liǎngxìngrén)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Czech:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Czech:
obojetník
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Danish:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Dutch:
hermafrodiet
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Esperanto:
hermafrodito
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Esperanto:
androgino
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Esperanto:
ambaŭseksulo
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Estonian:
hermafrodiit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Finnish:
hermafrodiitti
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
French:
hermaphrodite
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Galician:
hermafrodita
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
German:
Zwitter
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
German:
Hermaphrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
German:
Hermaphroditin
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
German:
Zweigeschlecht
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Greek:
ερμαφρόδιτος
(ermafróditos)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Greek:
ερμαφρόδιτη
(ermafróditi)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Ancient Greek:
ἑρμαφρόδιτος
(hermaphróditos)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Ancient Greek:
ἀνδρόγυνος
(andrógunos)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Hebrew:
הרמפרודיט
(hermafrodit)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Hindi:
हिजड़ा
(hijṛā)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Icelandic:
tvíkynjungur
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Irish:
idirghnéas
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Irish:
cadar
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Italian:
ermafrodito
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Japanese:
双成り
(futanari)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Japanese:
雌雄同体
(shiyuudoutai)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Kalmyk:
саармг
(saarmg)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Kazakh:
қызтеке
(qyzteke)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Khmer:
ខ្ទើយ
(ktəəy)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Lao:
ກະເທີຍ
(ka thœ̄i)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Lithuanian:
hermafroditas
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Malay:
khunsa
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Navajo:
nádleeh
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Norwegian Bokmål:
hermafroditt
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hermafroditt
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tvitole
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tvitoling
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Old English:
bǣddel
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Old English:
wǣpenwīfestre
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Old Ruthenian:
гермафродитъ
(hermafrodit)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Persian:
نرماده
(narmāde)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Polish:
hermafrodyta
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Polish:
obojnak
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Portuguese:
hermafrodita
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Portuguese:
andrógino
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Portuguese:
dígamo
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Romanian:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Russian:
гермафроди́т
(germafrodít)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Serbo-Croatian:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Serbo-Croatian:
dvopolac
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Serbo-Croatian:
dvopolnik
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Spanish:
hermafrodita
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Sundanese:
wandu
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Swahili:
huntha
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Swedish:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Tagalog:
balakihan
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Thai:
แต๋ว
(dtɛ̌o)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Turkish:
erdişi
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Turkish:
hermafrodit
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Turkish:
erselik
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Turkish:
hünsa
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Ukrainian:
гермафроди́т
(hermafrodýt)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Urdu:
ہیجڑا
(hijṛa)
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Vietnamese:
người ái nam ái nữ
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Volapük:
härmafroditan
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female
Volapük:
hihärmafroditan jihärmafroditan
— organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female