intersex

Etymology
From ; corresponding to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.
 * 2)  A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
 * 1)  A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
 * 1)  A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
 * 1)  A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
 * 1)  A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.

Usage notes

 * Since about the turn of the millennium (2000), the adjective intersex and noun phrase intersex person have been preferred to hermaphroditic and hermaphrodite as being more appropriate when the referent is human.
 * As with sex in general, intersex is an independent variable from gender, and many intersex people identify as cisgender men or women.

Synonyms

 * intersexed
 * intersexual
 * hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite
 * pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite
 * indeterminate, X

Derived terms

 * intersexed
 * intersexuality

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: buraybuto
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: interseksa, ambaŭseksa
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: idirghnéasach
 * Polish: interpłciowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: интерсексуа́льный
 * Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghnèitheach
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: rhyngrywiol

Noun

 * 1) The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.
 * 2)  An individual with any of these conditions.
 * 1)  An individual with any of these conditions.
 * 1)  An individual with any of these conditions.

Usage notes

 * Since about the turn of the millennium (2000), the noun intersex has become more common than intersexuality.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: interseksulo, ambaŭseksulo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , Intersex-Person
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 半陰陽者
 * Nepali:
 * Newar: त्यामज्यू यचिं
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, интерсексуа́лка
 * Spanish:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Classical Nahuatl: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To make intersex.