androgyne
English
Etymology
From French androgyne, from Latin androgynus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæn.dɹə.dʒaɪn/
Noun
androgyne (plural androgynes)
- A person who is androgynous. [from mid-16th century]
- Billy looked up at the face that went with the clogs. It was the face of a blond angel, of a fifteen-year-old boy. The boy was as beautiful as Eve. Billy was helped to his feet by the lovely boy, by the heavenly androgyne.[1]
- An androgynous plant.
Translations
a person who is androgynous
References
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.dʁɔ.ʒin/
Noun
androgyne m or f (plural androgynes)
Related terms
- androgynéité
- androgynie
- androgynique
Further reading
- “androgyne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Latin
References
- androgyne in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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