Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Hermaphroditism.

    Zwittrigkeit

  2. (uncountable, usually)The state of having traits of both male and female genders.

    Androgynie, Androgynismus, Androgynität

    андрогинияandroginija

    андроґі́нністьandrogínnistʹ, андрогі́нністьandrohínnistʹ

  3. (uncountable, usually)The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.

  4. (uncountable, usually)The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.

More definitions
  • showing characteristics of both sexes

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having traits of both male and female genders:
Русский
By meaning 1
having traits of both male and female genders:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hermaphroditism:
having traits of both male and female genders:

Origin

From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous.

From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous.

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Forms

plural: androgynies

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

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