adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɪn.tə.sɛks/
General-American:/ˈɪn.təɹ.sɛks/
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rhymes with -ɪntəɹsɛks
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An individual with any of these conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fantasy
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To make intersex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intersexualize
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
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: hermaphrodite, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bisexual, bisexual person
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Intersexe. By surface analysis, inter- + sex. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs more details, especially the German etymology.”) Doublet of intersect.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ինտերսեքս
(intersekʻs)
— having an intersex condition
Bengali:
আন্তঃলিঙ্গ
(antoḥliṅgo)
— having an intersex condition
Central Bikol:
buraybuto
— having an intersex condition
Catalan:
intersexual
— having an intersex condition
Catalan:
intersexe
— having an intersex condition
Dutch:
interseksueel
— having an intersex condition
Dutch:
interseks
— having an intersex condition
Esperanto:
interseksa
— having an intersex condition
Esperanto:
ambaŭseksa
— having an intersex condition
Finnish:
kaksineuvoinen
— having an intersex condition
French:
intersexué
— having an intersex condition
French:
intersexe
— having an intersex condition
Galician:
intersexual
— having an intersex condition
German:
intersexuell
— having an intersex condition
German:
intergeschlechtlich
— having an intersex condition
Hungarian:
interszex
— having an intersex condition
Indonesian:
interseks
— having an intersex condition
Irish:
idirghnéasach
— having an intersex condition
Japanese:
インターセックス
(intāsekksu)
— having an intersex condition
Latvian:
interseksuāla
— having an intersex condition
Polish:
obojnacki
— having an intersex condition
Polish:
obojnacka
— having an intersex condition
Portuguese:
intersexual
— having an intersex condition
Portuguese:
intersexo
— having an intersex condition
Russian:
интерсексуа́льный
(intɛrsɛksuálʹnyj)
— having an intersex condition
Scottish Gaelic:
eadar-ghnèitheach
— having an intersex condition
Spanish:
intersexual
— having an intersex condition
Welsh:
rhyngrywiol
— having an intersex condition
Catalan:
intersexe
— individual
Chinese Mandarin:
雙性人 /双性人
(shuāngxìngrén)
— individual
Chinese Mandarin:
間性人 /间性人
(jiānxìngrén)
— individual