Sex

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English

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Pronunciation

sĕks, /sɛks/, /sEks/
Rhymes: -ɛks

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Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French from Latin sexus

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Noun

Singular
sex

Plural
sexes

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The kind, often either male of female, of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs.

What sex is that hamster?
(with definite article, dated) women, womankind
- 1913: He disliked and distrusted the sex, but he was always a chivalrous opponent. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Dying Detective’ (Norton 2005, p.1342)
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The act of sexual intercourse.

All you ever think about is sex.
See genitalia

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Synonyms

(kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs): gender, sexuality
(sexual intercourse): sexual intercourse; see also WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse

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Translations

kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs

Bosnian: pol m.
Bulgarian: пол m.
Catalan: sexe m.
Chinese: 性別, 性别 (xìngbié)
Danish: slægt
Dutch: geslacht n., sexe f.
Finnish: sukupuoli
French: sexe m.
German: Geschlecht n.
Hebrew: מין (min)
Hungarian: nem

Italian: sesso m.
Latin: sexus m. fourth declension
Novial: sexu
Polish: płeć f.
Portuguese: sexo m.
Russian: пол (pol) m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: пол m.
Roman: pol m.
Spanish: sexo m
Swedish: kön n.
Telugu: లింగము (liMgamu)
Turkish: cinsiyet
Ukrainian: стать (stat’) f.

sexual intercourse

Bosnian: seks m.
Bulgarian секс (seks) m.
Catalan: sexe m.
Chinese: 性交 (xìng jiāo)
Croatian: seks m.
Danish: sex, kønsliv, seksualliv, seksuel omgang, samleje
Dutch: seks m., geslachtsdaad m., vrijen n.
Finnish: seksi
French: sexe m.
German: Sex m.

Hebrew: יחסי מין (yakhasey min), מין (min), סקס (seks)
Hungarian: szex
Italian: sesso m.
Old English: hǣmed, leġertēam, wīfġemāna
Portuguese: sexo m., transa m.
Russian: секс (seks) m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: секс m.
Roman: seks m.
Spanish: relaciones sexuales f pl, (attributive) sexual
Swedish: sex n.
Telugu: సంభోగము (saMbhOgamu), మైధునము (maidhunamu), రతి (rathi)
Turkish: cinsel ilişki, seks
Ukrainian: любощі (ljúbošči) pl.

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Breton: reizh (1,2,3)
Indonesian: seks (2), jenis kelamin (1)
Irish: gneas
Norwegian: kjønn (1), sex (2,3)
Polish: płeć f. (1); seks m. (2,3)
Slovak: pohlavie (1); sex (2,3)

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Verb

Infinitive
to sex

Third person singular
sexes

Simple past
sexed

Past participle
sexed

Present participle
sexing

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To determine the sex of.

It is not easy to sex a hyena.
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(informal) To have sex with.

See sex up

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Translations

to determine the sex of

Dutch: geslacht bepalen
German: Geschlecht bestimmen

Spanish: sexar
Swedish: könsbestämma

informal: to have sex with

Dutch: vrijen, de liefde bedrijven

Swedish: knulla, ha samlag med

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