intersex

== English == === Etymology === From German Intersexe. Doublet of intersect. By surface analysis, inter- +‎ sex. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tə.sɛks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.təɹ.sɛks/ Rhymes: -ɪntəɹsɛks Hyphenation: in‧ter‧sex === Adjective === intersex (not comparable) Of an individual, 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. Synonyms: intersexual, (dated) intersexed Antonyms: dyadic, endosex, perisex (fantasy) 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 ==== (sometimes offensive): hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite (clinical, sometimes offensive): pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite (on forms and documents): indeterminate, X ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === intersex (countable and uncountable, plural intersexes) (uncountable) The condition of being intersex; intersexuality. (countable, biology, zoology) 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 ==== === Verb === intersex (third-person singular simple present intersexes, present participle intersexing, simple past and past participle intersexed) (nonstandard) To make intersex. Synonym: intersexualize ==== Translations ==== === See also === hermaphroditism; pseudohermaphroditism androgynous bigender; ambigender