sexuality

English

Etymology

sexual +‎ -ity

Noun

sexuality (countable and uncountable; plural sexualities)

1. that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
2. sexual activity
3. the concern with, or interest in sexual activity
4. sexual potency
5. sexual orientation
6. sexual identity, gender
7. sexual receptivity

Translations

that which is characterized or distinguished by sex

Chinese: Mandarin: 性欲 (zh) (xìngyù) Finnish: seksuaalisuus (fi) Hungarian: szexualitás (hu)

Indonesian: seks (id) Polish: seksualność (pl) f. Romanian: sexualitate (ro) f.

sexual activity

Asturian: sexualidá (ast) f. Bulgarian: сексуалност (bg) (seksualnost) f. Dutch: sexualiteit (nl) f. Finnish: seksi (fi) French: sexualité (fr) f. Galician: sexualidade (gl) f.

Irish: collaíocht (ga) f. Polish: seksualność (pl) f. Portuguese: sexualidade (pt) f. Romanian: sexualitate (ro) f. Russian: сексуальная активность (ru) (seksuál'naja aktívnost') f. Spanish: sexualidad (es) f.

concern with or interest in sexual activity

Asturian: sexualidá (ast) f. Bengali: যৌনতা (bn) (jounta) Bulgarian: сексуалност (bg) (seksualnost) f. Dutch: sexualiteit (nl) f. Finnish: seksuaalisuus (fi) Galician: sexualidade (gl) f.

Hebrew: מִינִיּוּת (he) (miniyút) f. Polish: seksualność (pl) f. Portuguese: sexualidade (pt) f. Romanian: sexualitate (ro) f. Russian: сексуальность (ru) (seksuál'nost') f. Spanish: sexualidad (es) f.

sexual potency

Finnish: potenssi (fi), kyky (fi) Polish: seksualność (pl) f.

Romanian: sexualitate (ro) f., virilitate (ro) f. Russian: половая потенция (ru) (polovája poténtsija)

sexual orientation — see sexual orientation

sexual identity

Finnish: sukupuolinen identiteetti (fi) Polish: seksualność (pl) f.

Romanian: identitate sexuală (ro) f. Russian: половая идентичность (ru) (polovája identíčnost')

sexual receptivity

Finnish: seksuaalisuus (fi) Polish: seksualność (pl) f.

Russian: половая восприимчивость (ru) (polovája vospriimčivost') f.

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Asturian: sexualidá (ast) f. Basque: sexualitate (eu) Serbo-Croatian: seksualnost (bs) f. Bulgarian: сексуалност (bg) (seksualnost) f. Catalan: sexualitat (ca) f. Dutch: sexualiteit (nl) f. French: sexualité (fr) f. Galician: sexualidade (gl) f. German: Sexualität (de) f. Greek: σεξουαλικότητα (el) (sexoualikótita) f.

Hindi: लैंगिकता (hi) (laĩṅgiktā) f. Italian: sessualità (it) f. Lithuanian: lytiškumas (lt) m., seksualumas (lt) m. Novial: sexualeso, sexualitate Portuguese: sexualidade (pt) f. Romanian: sexualitate (ro) f. Romansch: sexualitad (rm) f. Slovene: seksualnost (sl) f.?, spolnost (sl) f. Spanish: sexualidad (es) f. Welsh: rhywioldeb (cy) f.

Derived terms

Derived terms

asexuality bisexuality heterosexuality homosexuality

hypersexuality hyposexuality pansexuality omnisexuality

Related terms

• sex
• sexual

See also

• sensuality