andrógino

andrógino

See also: androgino

Portuguese

Adjective

andrógino (feminine andrógina, masculine plural andróginos, feminine plural andróginas)

1. androgynous (pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex)
2. (biology) epicene (having both male and female biological characteristics)

Noun

andrógino m (plural andróginos)

1. hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)

   Synonyms: hermafrodita, dígamo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin androgynus, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr), ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdɾoxino/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾo.xi.no]
• Rhymes: -oxino
• Syllabification: an‧dró‧gi‧no

Adjective

andrógino (feminine andrógina, masculine plural andróginos, feminine plural andróginas)

1. androgynous
2. hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic

   Synonym: hermafrodita

3. (botany) monoecious

   Synonym: monoico

Derived terms

• androginia

Noun

andrógino m (plural andróginos, feminine andrógina, feminine plural andróginas)

1. androgyne
2. hermaphrodite

   Synonym: hermafrodita

Further reading

• “andrógino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014