Masculine
Zwitter
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)
- (figuratively, in-compounds, masculine, strong) hybrid (something of mixed components)
- (figuratively, in-compounds, masculine, strong) something showing incompatible attributes
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) a child born of a relation considered illicit or incongruous (born out of wedlock, of different social classes, and/or of different races); a bastard; a mongrel
Concepts
Synonyms
Intersex
Intersexueller
Gynander
Zweigeschlechtlichkeit
hermaphrodit
Hermaphroditin
Hermaphroditismus
Zwittertum
Intersextypus
Zwitterwesen
Translations
hermaphrodite
hermafrodita
hermafrodita
ermafrodito
hermafrodit hünsa erdişi
hermafrodita erselik
tweeslachtig
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtsvɪtər/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German zwitarn (“bastard; hermaphrodite”), from Old High German zwitarn (“bastard”). The first part is the prefix zwie- (“two-, bi-”), but the identity of the second part is unknown.
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