Meaning

4 senses
  1. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.

    relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance

  2. Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.

    Nicknames like Pat, Sam, and Chris are androgynous, used by both men and women.

    geschlechtsneutral, androgyn

  3. Possessing qualities of both sexes.

    androgyn

    двупо́лыйdvupólyj

  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.

    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.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. This teenage pop star has been described as androgynous.

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  2. Androgynous-looking people are often the subject of discussion and discrimination.

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  3. People living in urban centers for generations tend to have more neotenic, androgynous features than those who've lived in the countryside.

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  4. Thin androgynous men are Mary's type.

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  5. Adam was androgynous before Eve was created.

    deAdam war androgyn, bevor Eva erschaffen wurde.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
possessing qualities of both sexes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex:

Origin

From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭ

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.

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Forms

more androgynous, most androgynous
Comparativemore androgynous Lesson
Superlativemost androgynous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
androgynous — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto