intersexual

From inter- +‎ sexual.

intersexual (not comparable)

1. (of a competition, etc.) Between the sexes.
2. (biology) Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.

• intersex, intersexed

intersexual (plural intersexuals)

1. An intersex person.

• intersex

• intersexy

• androgynous, androgyne
• epicene
• hermaphrodite

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.sək.suˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.sek.suˈal]

intersexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural intersexuals)

1. intersexual

intersexual m or f by sense (plural intersexuals)

1. an intersexed person

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧se‧xu‧al

intersexual m or f by sense (plural intersexuais)

1. (biology) intersex (individual with characteristics of both sexes)

Borrowed from French intersexuel. Equivalent to inter- +‎ sexual.

intersexual m or n (feminine singular intersexuală, masculine plural intersexuali, feminine and neuter plural intersexuale)

1. intersexual

intersexual m (plural intersexuali, feminine equivalent intersexuală)

1. intersexual

• intersexualitate

From inter- +‎ sexual.

• IPA^(key): /inteɾseɡˈswal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.seɣ̞ˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧se‧xual

intersexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural intersexuales)

1. intersexual

• “intersexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024