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French
Etymology
From bi- + sexuel. Attested since 1778 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts").[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
bisexuel (feminine bisexuelle, masculine plural bisexuels, feminine plural bisexuelles)
- bisexual
1977 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 14:Francaise, 33, tres jolie, elegante, cherche une femme sympa, bisexuelle, pour plaisir erotique sans et avec son mari.- Frenchwoman, 33, very pretty, elegant, seeks attractive bisexual woman for erotic pleasure with and without your husband
Noun
bisexuel m (plural bisexuels)
- bisexual
References
- ^ In Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Flore françoise, ou, Description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, tome II, page 166, describes one subcategory of flowers as, "fleurs bisexuelles; fleurs hermaphrodites...."
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
bi- + sexuel
Adjective
bisexuel m
- (Jersey) bisexual
Noun
bisexuel m (plural bisexuels, feminine bisexuelle)
- (Jersey) bisexual