androgynous

Meaning

1. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
2. Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
3. Possessing qualities of both sexes.
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.

Synonyms

bisexual

hermaphroditic

hermaphrodite

epicene

hermaphroditic monoecious

intersexual

monoecious

hot and cold

Translations

androgyne

andrógino

androgyn

androgino

ανδρόγυνος

tweeslachtig

andrógino

Hermaphroditismus

zwitterartige

ambivalent

zwittrig

خُنْثَوِيّ

Zwittrigkeit

zwiespältig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/

Etymology

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.