intergender

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adjective

Taking place between people of opposite genders.

“intergender friendship, intergender wrestling”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveintergender (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTaking place between people of opposite genders.

    intergender friendship, intergender wrestling

  2. not comparableHaving a gender identity midway between male and female.

    Their art focuses on people who are non-gendered or intergender.

nounintergender (plural intergenders)

plural intergenders

  1. rareA person whose gender identity is midway between male and female.
  2. rareAn intersex person whose gender identity is influenced by being intersex.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Italic*genos
  10. Latingenus
  11. Old Frenchgendre
  12. Middle Englishgendre
  13. Englishgender
  14. Englishintergender

From inter- + gender.

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Translations

French intergenre, intergenre
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Cite this entry
APA

intergender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergender

MLA

“intergender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergender. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intergender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergender.

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