hermaphroditism

English

hermaphroditism (countable and uncountable, plural hermaphroditisms)

(biology) Being able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphrodtism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequantial hermahprodtism or dichogamy).
(dated, now offensive) Historically used to describe intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics and/or pseudohermaphroditism, now considered a slur[1][2][3]

intersex is now the preferred term for referring to humans.

Sense of reproduction:

Sense of intersex:

state of having both male and female sexual organs

Catalan: hermafroditisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雌雄間性／雌雄间性 (cíxióngjiānxìng), 雌雄同體／雌雄同体 (zh) (cíxióng tóng tǐ)
Danish: hermafroditisme c, hermafrodisme c, tvekønnethed c
Dutch: hermafroditisme (nl) n
Esperanto: dusekseco, hermafroditismo
French: hermaphrodisme (fr) m
German: Hermaphroditismus (de) m, Hermaphrodismus m, Zweigeschlechtlichkeit (de) f, Zwittrigkeit (de) f, Zwittertum (de) n
Japanese: 雌雄同体 (しゆうどうたい, shiyūdōtai)
Kazakh: қосжыныстылық (qosjynystylyq)
Korean: 암수한몸 (ko) (amsuhanmom), 자웅동체 (ko) (jaungdongche)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hermafrodittisme m, tvekjønnethet m or f

Nynorsk: hermafrodittisme m, tvikjønn n
Portuguese: hermafroditismo m
Russian: гермафродити́зм (ru) m (germafroditízm)
Spanish: hermafroditismo (es) m
Swedish: hermafroditism c, hermafrodism c
Volapük: härmafrodit

InterACT, 2021. What is intersex? https://interactadvocates.org/faq/ Accessed 2024-03-10
The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, 2002. Being an Ally to Intersex People. https://www.idahobit.org.au/allyship/tips-to-be-an-intersex-ally Accessed 2024-03-12.
Gender construction kit, year unknown. Slurs. https://genderkit.org.uk/slurs/ Accessed 2024-03-13

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