sex-|Sex|Sex.

sex (English)

Etymology

1382, from - sexe, from - sexus||gender|lang=la. Thought to be connected with - seco|lang=la, - |divide, cut|lang=la by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to

section

. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of w:D._H._Lawrence|D.H._Lawrence).

Pronunciation

  • - /sɛks/,

    /sEks/

  • en-us-sex.ogg
  • Rhymes: ɛks

  • secs

    • Noun

    es|-

    Either of two main divisions (either female or male) into which many organisms can be placed, according to reproductive function or organs.

  • What sex is that hamster?
  • The abnormality is found in both sexes.

    • The distinguishing property, quality, or assemblage of properties by which organisms are classified as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions; the set of properties by which male is distinguished from female.

  • The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.
  • The researchers divided the subjects by sex.

    • sexual_intercourse|Sexual_intercourse; the act of sexual intercourse.

  • All you ever think about is sex.
  • We had sex in the back seat.

    • genitalia|Genitalia; a penis or vagina.

    women|Women; womankind.

    * 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela:

    *: ‘With all my heart,’ replied my master; ‘I have so much honour for all the sex, that I would not have the meanest person of it stand, while I sit, had I been to have made the custom.’

    * 1759, w:Laurence_Sterne|Laurence_Sterne, w:The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman|The_Life_&_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman, s:Tristram_Shandy/Chapter_1|chapter_1, page 52:

    * unless it was with his sister-in-law, my father's wife and my mother,—my uncle Toby scarce exchanged three words with the sex in as many years

    * - title=w:Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England|Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England|author=w:William_Blackstone|William_Blackstone|passage=Thus female honor, which is dearer to the sex than their lives, is left by the common law to be the sport of an abandoned calumniator.

    * 1807, John Hoole, trans. Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, XXVII ll. 1003-4:

    *: But how can each the boasted treasure own, / When through the sex no two chaste wives are known?

    * 1862, Wilkie Collins, No Name

    *: Even the reptile temperament of Noel Vanstone warmed under the influence of the sex: he had an undeniably appreciative eye for a handsome woman, and Magdalen's grace and beauty were not thrown away on him.

    Synonyms

  • either of two main classes of sexually reproducing living things

    gender

  • sexual intercourse

    coitus, sexual_intercourse; see WikiSaurus:sexual_intercourse

    • Derived terms

    Terms derived from the sex (noun)

  • anal_sex
  • battle_of_the_sexes
  • better_than_sex
  • cybersex
  • desex
  • fair_sex
  • group_sex
  • have_sex
  • nonpenetrative_sex
  • oral_sex
  • phone_sex
  • safe_sex
  • sex_act
  • sex_aid
  • sex_appeal
  • sex_bomb
  • sex_change
  • sex_discrimination
  • sex_drive
  • sex_education
  • sexful
  • sex_god
  • sex_goddess
  • sexer
  • sexercise
  • sex_kitten
  • sex_machine
  • sex_object
  • sex_offender
  • sex_on_legs
  • sex_on_a_stick
  • sex_organ
  • sexploration
  • sex_ratio
  • sex_selection
  • sex-selective
  • sex_scene
  • sex_shop
  • sex_symbol
  • sex_tape
  • sex_tourism
  • sex_toy
  • sex_up
  • sexpert
  • sexploitation
  • sexpot
  • sexy
  • unisex
  • unsex
  • vaginal_sex
  • whimsical_sex

    • Related terms

    terms related to sex (noun)

  • sexual
  • sexuality
  • sexualize
  • sexualization

    • Descendants

  • Tyska - Sex

    • Translations

    act of sexual intercourse

  • Arabiska - تسافد
    • , جماع, مجامعة, سيكس
  • Armenian - սեքս|tr=sek’s, - սեռական հարաբերություն|tr=seṙakan haraberut’yun
  • Vitryska - сэкс
  • Bengali - সেক্স|tr=seks|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali
  • Bosnian - seks|m
  • Bulgariska - секс
  • Katalanska - sexe
  • Chinese:
  • : Cantonese - 性交|tr=sing3 gaau1|sc=Hani
  • : Mandarin - 性交|tr=xìngjiāo|sc=Hani
  • : Min_Nan - 相姦|tr=sio-kàn|sc=Hans
  • Kroatiska - seks
  • Tjeckiska - soulož
    • , styk, pohlavní styk
  • Danska - sex
    • , kønsliv, seksualliv, seksuel omgang, samleje, erotik
  • Holländska - seks
    • , geslachtsgemeenschap, vrijen
  • Finska - seksi
    • , yhdyntä
  • Franska - rapport sexuel
    • , sexe, cul
  • Georgian - სექსი|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Sex
    • , Geschlechtsverkehr
  • Grekiska - συνουσία
    • , έρωτας, σεξ
  • : Ancient - πορνοκοπία|f|tr=pornokopía|sc=polytonic (sex with prostitute), - ἀφροδίσια|n|p|tr=afrodisia|sc=polytonic
  • Gujarati - મૈથુન|tr=maithun|sc=Gujr|xs=Gujarati, - સેક્સ|tr=seks|sc=Gujr|xs=Gujarati
  • Hebrew - יחסי מין|tr=yakhaséy mín (literally: sexual relations) - he|מין|m|tr=mín, - סקס|m|tr=séks
  • Hindiska - मैथुन
    • , सेक्स
  • Ungerska - szex
  • Igbo - dinàkọ
  • Italienska - sesso
  • Japanska - 性交
    • , セックス
  • Koreanska - 성교
  • Koreanska - 성행위
    • , 성관계
  • Koreanska - 섹스
  • Kurdish: seks, guhnelî, perîn, cotbûn, têkiliyên_zayendî,

    vulgar

    gan
  • Litauiska - seksas
  • Malayalam: ലൈംഗികബന്ധം (laimgika bandham), സംഭോഗം (sambhogam), മൈഥുനം (maithhunam)
  • Marathi - कामजीवन|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi
  • Norska - sex
  • Norska - samleie
  • Norska - samlega
  • Old_English - hæmed|alt=hǣmed|xs=Old English, - legerteam|alt=leġertēam|xs=Old English, - wifgemana|alt=wīfġemāna|xs=Old English
  • Persian:

    همخوابگی

    (ham-khaabegy)
  • Polska - seks
  • Portugisiska - sexo
    • , transa
  • Rumänska - relații sexuale
  • Ryska - секс
  • Serbian:
  • Serbiska - секс
  • Serbiska - seks
  • Slovakiska - súlož
  • Spanska - relación
    • , sexo, - es|sexual|m|f
  • Swahili - ngono
  • Svenska - sex
    • , samlag
  • Tagalog: pagtalik, kantot (vulgar)
  • Tamil - பாலுறவு|xs=Tamil, - உடலுறவ|xs=Tamil
  • Telugu: సంభోగము (saMbhOgamu), మైధునము (maidhunamu), రతి (rathi)
  • Thailändska - เพศ
    • , เซ็กส์
  • Turkiska - cinsel ilişki
    • , seks
  • Ukrainska - секс
  • Vietnamesiska - giao cấu

    • gender (female or male)

  • Arabic:

    جنس

    (jins)
  • Armenian - սեռ|tr=seṙ
  • Bosnian - pol|m
  • Bulgarian: пол (pol)
  • Katalanska - sexe
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 性別|sc=Hani, - 性别|tr=xìngbié|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - pohlaví
  • Danska - køn
  • Holländska - geslacht
    • , sekse
  • Finska - sukupuoli
  • Franska - sexe
  • Tyska - Geschlecht
  • Grekiska - φύλο
  • Hebrew - מין|m|tr=mín, - מגדר|tr=migdár (literally: gender)
  • Ungerska - nem
  • Interlingua: sexo
  • Irländska - gnéas
  • Italienska - sesso
  • Japanska - 性別
  • Koreanska - 성
  • Kurdish - zayend, - cins, - cinsiyet
  • Lao - ລິງ|tr=ling|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao, - ເພດ|tr=pheet|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao
  • Latin - sexus|m
  • Malayalam: ലിംഗം (limgam)
  • Manx - keintys|m|xs=Manx
  • Norska - kjønn
  • Novial: sexu
  • Persian:

    جنسیت

    (jensi-yat)
  • Polska - płeć
  • Portugisiska - sexo
  • Rumänska - sex
  • Ryska - пол
  • Scottish_Gaelic - gnè|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbian:
  • Serbiska - пол
  • Serbiska - pol
  • Slovakiska - pohlavie
  • Spanska - sexo
    • , género
  • Svenska - kön
  • Tagalog: kasarian
  • Telugu: లింగము (liMgamu)
  • Thailändska - เพศ
  • Turkiska - cinsiyet
  • Ukrainian: стать (stat’)
  • Vietnamesiska - giới tính

    • women

  • Franska - sexe

    • br

    : reizh (1,2,3)

  • id

    : seks (2), jenis kelamin (1)

    • Verb

    sex|es

    To determine the biological sex of an animal.

  • It is not easy to sex lizards.

    • To have sex with.

  • The passionate lovers sexed each other every night.
  • OK, so I'm sexin' her, right, and all I can think of is this other girl.

    • Translations

    to determine the sex of

  • Katalanska - sexar
  • Danska - kønsbestemme
  • Dutch: geslacht bepalen
  • Finnish: määrittää sukupuoli
  • Tyska - sexen
  • Lithuanian: mylėtis
  • Polska - seksować
  • Spanska - sexar
  • Svenska - könsbestämma

    • informal: to have sex with

  • Danska - bolle
  • Danska - samleje
    • med
  • Holländska - vrijen
    • , de liefde_bedrijven
  • Finska - rakastella
    • , harrastaa seksiä
  • Grekiska - συνουσιάζομαι
  • : Ancient - grc|μύλλω|sc=polytonic
  • Hebrew - קיים יחסים|tr=kiyém yakhasím - he|זיין|tr=ziyén

    vulgar

  • Italienska - fare sesso
  • Japanese: セックスする (sekkusu-suru)
  • Russian: заниматься секс#Russian|сексом_с (zanimát’s’a séksom s)
  • Svenska - knulla
  • Svenska - samlag
    • med

    See also

  • female
  • gender
  • intersexed
  • male
  • sexuality
  • sex_up
  • third_sex
    • ----

    sex (Danish)

    Etymology

  • Engelska - da
    • - lang=en.

    Noun

    sexual_intercourse

    Derived terms

  • sexet

    • Related terms

  • seksualitet
  • seksuel
    • ----

    sex (Dutch)

    Noun

    g

    #English|sex

    Usage notes

    Regarding connotations in writing, seks is regarded more neutral and sex more exciting.

    See also

  • seks#Dutch|seks
    • ----

    sex (Icelandic)

    Etymology

    From - is - lang=non.

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=is
  • - lang=is
  • - lang=is

    regional

  • Rhymes: ɛks|lang=is

    • Number

    is|cardinal number|cardinal, indeclinable

    six; the cardinal number after - lang=is||five and before - lang=is||seven.

    Related terms

  • sjötti (ordinal)

    • Derived terms

  • klukkan_sex
  • Isländska - sexa
    • ----

    sex (Interlingua)

    Cardinal number

    ia|cardinal number

    six

    ----

    sex (Latin)

    Alternative forms

  • Symbol: VI

    • Etymology

    From - swéḱs|lang=la. Cognates include Sanskrit - tr=ṣaṣ|lang=sa|sc=Deva, Old Armenian - sc=Armn|tr=vecʿ|lang=xcl, Ancient Greek - tr=heks|sc=polytonic|lang=grc, and Old English - lang=ang (English - lang=en).

    Pronunciation

  • - /seks/|lang=la
  • - Audio (Classical)

    • Numeral

    six; 6

    * - v

    *: Ibi praesidium ponit et in altera parte fluminis Q.Titurium Sabinum legatum cum sex cohortibus relinquit;

    *:: "Over that river was a bridge: there he places a guard; and on the other side of the river he leaves Quintus Titurius Sabinus, his legate, with six cohorts."

    * - 17-18

    *: haec super inposita est caeli fulgentis imago, signaque sex foribus dextris totidemque sinistris

    *:: "Above these was placed an image of the shining sky, and six signs of the zodiac on the doorways to the right and the same number on the left."

    * - 16|26

    *: sex diebus colligite in die autem septimo sabbatum est Domino idcirco non invenietur

    *:: "Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none."

    Descendants

  • Asturian - seis
  • Katalanska - sis
  • Franska - six
  • Galiciska - seis
  • Italienska - sei
  • Neapolitan - séje
  • Portugisiska - seis
  • Rumänska - șase
  • Romansch - sis
  • Sardinian - ses
  • Spanska - seis

    • See also

  • Appendix:Latin_cardinal_numerals
    • ----

    sex (Old Norse)

    Etymology

    From - sehs|lang=non, whence also Old English - lang=ang (English - lang=en), Old Frisian - lang=ofs, Old Saxon - sesse (Dutch - sehs (German - 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃|tr=saihs|sc=Goth. Ultimately from - swéḱs|lang=non, cognate with Sanskrit - tr=ṣaṣ|lang=sa|sc=Deva, Old Armenian - sc=Armn|tr=vecʿ|lang=xcl, Ancient Greek - tr=heks|sc=polytonic|lang=grc.

    Cardinal number

    non|cardinal number

    six

    Descendants

  • Danska - seks
  • Faroese - seks
  • Isländska - sex
  • Norska - seks
  • Svenska - sex
    • ----

    sex (Romanian)

    Etymology

    la|ro

    sexus

    Noun

    gender, #English|sex

    Declension

    Derived terms

  • sexul_slab
  • sexul_tare

    • Noun

    n

    #English|sex, sexual_relations

    ----

    sex (Slovak)

    Noun

    }}

    sex#English|sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

    ----

    sex (Swedish)

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=sv
  • - audio

    • Etymology 1

    From - sv - lang=non.

    Cardinal number

    sv|cardinal number

    six

    Derived terms

  • sexa
  • sjätte
  • sjättedel

    • See also

  • Svenska - noll
    • , ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

    Etymology 2

  • Engelska - sv
    • - lang=en.

    Noun

    #English|sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

    simple:sex

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