bisexuel
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bi- + sexuel. Attested since 1778 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts").[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bisexuel (feminine bisexuelle, masculine plural bisexuels, feminine plural bisexuelles)
- bisexual
- 1977 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 14:
- Francaise, 33, tres jolie, elegante, cherche une femme sympa, bisexuelle, pour plaisir erotique sans et avec son mari.
- Frenchwoman, 33, very pretty, elegant, seeks attractive bisexual woman for erotic pleasure with and without your husband
Noun
[edit]bisexuel m (plural bisexuels)
References
[edit]- ^ In Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Flore françoise, ou, Description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, tome II, page 166, describes one subcategory of flowers as, "fleurs bisexuelles; fleurs hermaphrodites...."
Further reading
[edit]- “bisexuel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bisexuel m
Related terms
[edit]- bisexualité (“bisexuality”)
Noun
[edit]bisexuel m (plural bisexuels, feminine bisexuelle)
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