hermafrodiet
Dutch
Alternative forms
- hermaphrodiet (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French hermaphrodite, from Latin Hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɦɛr.maː.froːˈdit/
- Hyphenation: her‧ma‧fro‧diet
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
hermafrodiet m (plural hermafrodieten, diminutive hermafrodietje n)
- A hermaphrodite.
Usage notes
For humans interseks or interseksueel is now often preferred.
Derived terms
- hermafrodisie
- hermafrodisme
- hermafroditisch
- hermafroditisme
- pseudohermafrodiet
Adjective
hermafrodiet (not comparable)
- Hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic.
- Synonyms: hermafroditisch, tweeslachtig
Inflection
| Inflection of hermafrodiet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | hermafrodiet | |||
| inflected | hermafrodiete | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | hermafrodiet | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | hermafrodiete | ||
| n. sing. | hermafrodiet | |||
| plural | hermafrodiete | |||
| definite | hermafrodiete | |||
| partitive | hermafrodiets | |||
Related terms
- Afrodite
- Hermes