androgynous
English
/ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/, /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/
adj
Definitions
- Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
- Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Etymology
Derived from Latin androgynus (hermaphrodite, man-woman) derived from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος, ἀνήρ (man, husband, male, a man) + Ancient Greek γῠνή (woman)+ Ancient Greek en.
Origin
Ancient Greek
en
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- androgynously English
- androgynousness English
- androgynus English
- axiomatic English
- chronotropic English
- dipteran English
- dromotropic English
- gyneromantic English
- inotropic English
- monoecious English
- nonandrogynous English
- poliomyelitis English
- polyandrogynous English
- protandrogonous English
- tritrophic English
- androgynus Latin
- triandrus Latin
- Poliomyelitis German
- androgyne French
- poliomyélite French
- andrógino Spanish, Castilian
- en Ancient Greek
- Βιάνωρ Ancient Greek
- Δεισήνωρ Ancient Greek
- Δῃάνειρα Ancient Greek
- Εὐχήνωρ Ancient Greek
- Εὔανδρος Ancient Greek
- Κλέανδρος Ancient Greek
- Λύσανδρος Ancient Greek
- Μένανδρος Ancient Greek
- Νίκανδρος Ancient Greek
- Πείσανδρος Ancient Greek
- Περίανδρος Ancient Greek
- γυναικονόμος Ancient Greek
- γῠνή Ancient Greek
- μισανδρία Ancient Greek
- σώσανδρον Ancient Greek
- ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀνδράποδον Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρεῖος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδριάς Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφάγος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόγυνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόγῠνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόσαιμον Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρών Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδροκλῆς Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδρομέδα Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδροτίων Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδρόμαχος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδρόνικος Ancient Greek
- Ἀρίστανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἄντανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἐλπήνωρ Ancient Greek
- ὑψήνωρ Ancient Greek
- Ὑπερήνωρ Ancient Greek
- Ῥηξήνωρ Ancient Greek
- *h₂nḗr Proto-Indo-European
- androgino Esperanto
- ανδρωνυμικό Greek (modern)