"bigender" meaning in English

See bigender in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ [General-American], /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bigender.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ) Etymology: From bi- + gender. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|gender}} bi- + gender Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bigender (not comparable)
  1. Having two genders simultaneously, most commonly male and female. Tags: not-comparable Hypernyms (having two genders): multigender Translations (having two genders simultaneously): bigender (Dutch), bigenre (French), bigênero (Portuguese), bigénero (Spanish), bigender (Swedish), çift cinsiyet (Turkish), çift cinsiyetlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bigender-en-adj-U9dv-asT Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Gender Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 43 33 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 52 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 0 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Gender: 69 31 0 Disambiguation of 'having two genders': 82 18 Disambiguation of 'having two genders simultaneously': 84 16
  2. Having a tendency to move between feminine and masculine gender-typed behaviour depending on context. Tags: not-comparable Hypernyms (moving between masculine and feminine): genderfluid
    Sense id: en-bigender-en-adj-Ct5fIjEJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Transgender Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 50 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 52 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 0 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 54 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Transgender: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of 'moving between masculine and feminine': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ambigender, genderfluid

Noun

IPA: /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ [General-American], /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bigender.wav [US] Forms: bigenders [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ) Etymology: From bi- + gender. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|gender}} bi- + gender Head templates: {{en-noun}} bigender (plural bigenders)
  1. A bigender person. Related terms: bigenderism, intersex Translations (Translations): bigender [feminine, masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-bigender-en-noun-q1Sk4XGS Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Transgender Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 31 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Transgender: 0 45 55

Alternative forms

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}

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