Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hermafrodite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
her-mafrodite
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compare Dutch hermafrodiet, Portuguese hermafrodita, and Spanish hermafrodita.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hermafrodiet, hermafrodita

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does hermafrodite mean?
Misspelling of hermaphrodite.
Where does hermafrodite come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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