Meanings
plural hermaphroditisms
- countableuncountablebiologyThe condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).
Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).
2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub - countabledatedhistoricaloffensiveuncountableThe condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncongenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan hermafroditisme
- hermafroditismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
Chinese Mandarin 雌雄間性 /雌雄间性, 雌雄同體 /雌雄同体
- 雌雄間性 /雌雄间性 (cíxióngjiānxìng)state of having both male and female sexual organs
- 雌雄同體 /雌雄同体 (cíxióng tóng tǐ)state of having both male and female sexual organs
Danish hermafroditisme, hermafrodisme
- hermafroditismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
- hermafrodismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
- tvekønnethedstate of having both male and female sexual organs
Dutch hermafroditisme
- hermafroditismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
Esperanto dusekseco, hermafroditismo
- duseksecostate of having both male and female sexual organs
- hermafroditismostate of having both male and female sexual organs
French hermaphrodisme
- hermaphrodismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
German Hermaphroditismus, Hermaphrodismus
- Hermaphroditismusstate of having both male and female sexual organs
- Hermaphrodismusstate of having both male and female sexual organs
- Zweigeschlechtlichkeitstate of having both male and female sexual organs
- Zwittrigkeitstate of having both male and female sexual organs
- Zwittertumstate of having both male and female sexual organs
Japanese 雌雄同体
- 雌雄同体 (shiyūdōtai)state of having both male and female sexual organs
Korean 암수한몸, 자웅동체
- 암수한몸 (amsuhanmom)state of having both male and female sexual organs
- 자웅동체 (jaungdongche)state of having both male and female sexual organs
Norwegian Bokmål hermafrodittisme, tvekjønnethet
- hermafrodittismestate of having both male and female sexual organs
- tvekjønnethetstate of having both male and female sexual organs
Portuguese hermafroditismo
- hermafroditismostate of having both male and female sexual organs
Russian гермафродити́зм
- гермафродити́зм (germafroditízm)state of having both male and female sexual organs
Spanish hermafroditismo
- hermafroditismostate of having both male and female sexual organs
Swedish hermafroditism, hermafrodism
- hermafroditismstate of having both male and female sexual organs
- hermafrodismstate of having both male and female sexual organs
Cite this entry
hermaphroditism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditism
“hermaphroditism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hermaphroditism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditism.
Source: hermaphroditism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.