bisexual
Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individualsSexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)
» Tom is either gay or bisexual, I think.
Я думаю, что Том или мужеложец, или бисексуал.
Думаю, что Том либо гей, либо бисексуал.
Гадаю, Том або гомосексуаліст, або бісексуал.
Meaning
9 sensesSexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)
bisexuell
бисексуа́льныйbisɛksuálʹnyj
бісексуа́льнийbiseksuálʹnyj
sexually attracted to both sexes
Having both male and female parts, characteristics, or functions.
Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
(rare)Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual.
Androgynous.
Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
Examples
49 sentencesTom is either gay or bisexual, I think.
Гадаю, Том або гомосексуаліст, або бісексуал.
ruЯ думаю, что Том или мужеложец, или бисексуал.
Mary's wife is bisexual.
Дружина Мері бісексуальна.
Mary is bisexual.
Мері — бісексуалка.
ruМария - бисексуалка.
deMaria ist bisexuell.
His new love interest is bisexual.
That show has huge bisexual energy.
Translations
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Origin
From bi- + -sexual, via the French bisexuel (bi-, sexuel). Attested since 1792 as a synonyFrom bi- + -sexual, via the French bisexuel (bi-, sexuel). Attested since 1792 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts"). First used of sexuality in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof, due to the theory that people were naturally attracted to the opposite sex and so the brain or mind of a person attracted to "both" sexes (or to the same sex) must be partly of another sex and thus "hermaphroditic".
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Forms
more bisexual, most bisexual| Comparative | more bisexual Lesson |
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Synonyms
14 synonyms- having an ambiguous sexual identity:epicene
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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