Discovery of the day.

[suyongli]

I've not had to use the word "hermaphrodite" as anything but an adjective in French before. Consequently, I'd never thought to look up the word's gender.

Turns out it's masculine. (Should've guessed.)

Comments

[narwhale]

That's awesome. You should still switch between genders randomly whenever you use in in conversation anyway, though.

Alternatives

[suyongli]

For people born with both male and female sexual organs, French recognises the following alternative terms to "hermaphrodite":

Personnes intersexuées (intersexed persons. This is feminine because "personne" is feminine.)
Intersexes
Intergenre
Intersexué-e-s (to get around the linguistic gender)

"Hermaphrodisme" is also known as "intersexualité", "intersexuation" and "ambiguïté sexuelle". Orfeo, a French association for intersex people, distinguishes intersexuality from transexuality while noting that intersex people may become transexual: the relevant term that they use, to get around linguistic gender, is "un.e transexuel.le".