andrógino

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See also: androgino

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾɔ.ʒi.nu/

  • Hyphenation: an‧dró‧gi‧no

Adjective

andrógino (feminine andrógina, masculine plural andróginos, feminine plural andróginas)

  1. androgynous (pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex)
  2. (biology) epicene (having both male and female biological characteristics)

Noun

andrógino m (plural andróginos)

  1. hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)
    Synonyms: hermafrodita, dígamo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin androgynus, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr), ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈdɾoxino/
  • Rhymes: -oxino
  • Syllabification: an‧dró‧gi‧no

Adjective

andrógino (feminine andrógina, masculine plural andróginos, feminine plural andróginas)

  1. androgynous
  2. hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic
    Synonym: hermafrodita
  3. (botany) monoecious
    Synonym: monoico

Derived terms

Noun

andrógino m (plural andróginos, feminine andrógina, feminine plural andróginas)

  1. androgyne
  2. hermaphrodite
    Synonym: hermafrodita

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