noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɪn.tə.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
Received-Pronunciation:/-sjuː-/
General-American:/ˌɪn.təɹ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/
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rhymes with -æləti
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noun
Meaning 1
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intersex
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās New Latin sexuālitāslbor. English sexuality English intersexuality From inter- + sexuality.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
intersexualitate
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Catalan:
intersexualitat
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Chinese Mandarin:
雌雄間性 /雌雄间性
(cíxióng jiānxìng)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Chinese Mandarin:
間性 /间性
(jiānxìng)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Chinese Mandarin:
雙性 /双性
(shuāngxìng)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Chinese Mandarin:
兩性畸形 /两性畸形
(liǎngxìng jīxíng)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Dutch:
interseksualiteit
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Dutch:
intersekse
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Esperanto:
intersekseco
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Finnish:
intersukupuolisuus
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
French:
intersexualité
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
French:
intersexuation
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Galician:
intersexualidade
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
German:
Intersexualität
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
German:
Intergeschlechtlichkeit
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
German:
Zwischengeschlechtlichkeit
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Greek:
διαφυλικότητα
(diafylikótita)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Hungarian:
interszexualitás
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Hungarian:
hermafroditizmus
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Icelandic:
millikyn
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Irish:
idirghnéas
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Italian:
intersessualità
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Italian:
intersesso
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Japanese:
間性
(kansei)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Japanese:
半陰陽
(han'in'yō)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Kazakh:
интерсексуалдылық
(interseksualdylyq)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Kazakh:
интерсексуалдық
(interseksualdyq)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Māori:
taihemaruatanga
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Polish:
interpłciowość
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Portuguese:
intersexualidade
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Portuguese:
intersexo
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Romanian:
intersexualitate
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Russian:
интерсексуа́льность
(interseksuálʹnostʹ)
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Spanish:
intersexualidad
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Swedish:
intersexualitet
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
Turkish:
interseksüalite
— the state of having physical features of both sexes
