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See also: sex-, Sex, and Sex.

English

The two sexes (male and female) of the vermilion flycatcher.

Alternative forms

sexe (rare or archaic)

Etymology

Pronunciation

enPR: sĕks, Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/sɛks/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)., Template:X-SAMPA
noicon (file)
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(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: secs

Noun

sex (plural sexes or -)

(deprecated template usage) (countable) Either of the main divisions into which many organisms can be placed according to their reproductive functions or organs. (In most organisms, the division is into males and females; some organisms have additional sexes.)
What sex is that hamster?

The abnormality is found in both sexes.

Slime molds are sometimes erroneously said to have thirteen sexes.
(deprecated template usage) (uncountable) 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.
(deprecated template usage) (uncountable) Sexual intercourse; the act of sexual intercourse.
All you ever think about is sex.

We had sex in the back seat.
(deprecated template usage) (euphemistic) Genitalia; a penis or vagina.
(deprecated template usage) (obsolete, with the definite article) 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, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 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 […]
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- 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 also Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse

Derived terms

Terms derived from the sex (noun)

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Related terms

terms related to sex (noun)

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Descendants

German: Sex

Translations

act of sexual intercourse

Arabic: تسافد m (tasāful), جماع m (jimāʻ), مجامعة f (mujāmʻa), سيكس m (seks)
Armenian: սեքս (sekʿs), սեռական հարաբերություն (seṙakan haraberutʿyun)
Azeri: seks
Belarusian: сэкс m (seks)
Bengali: সেক্স (seks)
Bulgarian: секс m (seks)
Catalan: sexe m
Chinese:
Cantonese: Template:tø

Mandarin: 性交 (zh) (xìngjiāo)

Min Nan: 相姦／相奸 (zh-min-nan) (sio-kàn)
Czech: soulož (cs) f, styk (cs) m, pohlavní styk m, seks m
Danish: sex (da), kønsliv, seksualliv, seksuel omgang, samleje (da), erotik
Dutch: seks (nl) m, geslachtsgemeenschap (nl) m, vrijen (nl) n
Finnish: seksi (fi), yhdyntä (fi)
French: rapports sexuels (fr) m pl, sexe (fr) m, cul (fr) m
Georgian: სექსი (ka) (seksi)
German: Sex (de) m, Geschlechtsverkehr (de) m
Greek: συνουσία (el) f (synousía), έρωτας (el) m (érotas), σεξ (el) n (sex)
Ancient: Template:tø (sex with prostitute), Template:tø
Gujarati: મૈથુન (maithun), સેક્સ (seks)
Hebrew: יחסי מין (he) m pl (yakhaséy mín) (literally: sexual relations), מין (he) m (mín), סקס (he) m (séks)
Hindi: मैथुन (hi) (maithun), सेक्स (seks)
Hungarian: szex (hu)
Igbo: Template:tø
Italian: sesso (it) m
Japanese: 性交 (seikō), セックス (ja) (sekkusu)
Kazakh: секс (seks)
Template:trreq
Korean: 성교 (ko) (性交, seonggyo), 성행위 (ko) (性行爲, seonghaengwi), 성관계 (ko) (性關係, seonggwan-gye), 섹스 (ko) (sekseu)
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Kyrgyz: секс (seks)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Lithuanian: seksas (lt) m
Macedonian: секс m (seks)
Malayalam: ലൈംഗികബന്ധം (laiṅgikabandhaṁ), സംഭോഗം (sambhōgaṁ), മൈഥുനം (ml) (maithunaṁ)
Maltese: sess m
Marathi: कामजीवन (kāmjīvan)
Norwegian: sex (no) m, samleie (no) n, samlega f
Old English: hǣmed, leġertēam, wīfġemāna
Persian: همخوابگی (ham-khaabegy), سکس (seks)
Polish: seks (pl) m
Portuguese: sexo (pt) m, transa (pt) f
Romanian: relații sexuale f pl
Russian: секс (ru) m (sɛks)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: секс m (seks)

Roman: seks m
Slovak: súlož f, seks m
Slovene: séks (sl) m
Spanish: relaciones sexuales (es) f pl, sexo (es) m, (attributive) sexual (es) m or f
Swahili: ngono (sw)
Swedish: sex (sv) n, samlag (sv) n
Tagalog: pagtalik, kantot (tl) (vulgar)
Tajik: шаҳват (šahvat), секс (seks)
Tamil: பாலுறவு (ta) (pāluṟavu), உடலுறவ (uṭaluṟava)
Telugu: సంభోగము (te) (sambhōgamu), మైధునము (te) (maidhunamu), రతి (te) (rati)
Thai: เพศ (th) (pâyt), เซ็กส์ (sék)
Turkish: cinsel ilişki (tr), seks (tr)
Turkmen: seks
Ukrainian: любощі pl (ljúbošči), секс (uk) m (seks)
Urdu: سیکس (seks)
Uzbek: jinsiy aloqa, shahvoniy (colloquial), seks
Vietnamese: sự giao cấu (vi)

gender (female or male)

Afrikaans: geslag
Albanian: gjini
Arabic: جنس (ar) (jins)
Armenian: սեռ (seṙ)
Azeri: cins
Belarusian: пол (pol), плоць f (plocʹ)
Bengali: লিঙ্গ (ling)
Bulgarian: пол m (pol)
Catalan: sexe m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性別／性别 (xìngbié), 性别 (zh) (xìngbié)
Czech: pohlaví (cs) n
Danish: køn (da)
Dutch: geslacht (nl) n, sekse (nl) f
Estonian: sugu
Finnish: sukupuoli (fi)
French: sexe (fr) m
Georgian: სქესი (skesi)
German: Geschlecht (de) n
Greek: φύλο (el) n (fýlo)
Hebrew: מין (he) m (mín), מגדר (he) (migdár) (literally: gender)
Hindi: लिंग m (liṅg)
Hungarian: nem (hu)
Icelandic: kyn n
Indonesian: jenis kelamin
Interlingua: sexo
Irish: gnéas
Italian: sesso (it) m
Japanese: 性別 (ja) (seibetsu)
Kazakh: жыныс (jınıs)
Template:trreq
Korean: 성 (ko) (seong), 성별 (seongbyeol)
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Kyrgyz: жыныс (jınıs)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Lao: ລິງ (ling), ເພດ (pheet)
Latin: sexus m
Latvian: dzimums m
Lithuanian: lytis m
Macedonian: пол (pol)
Malayalam: ലിംഗം (ml) (liṅgaṁ)
Maltese: sess m
Manx: keintys m
Mongolian: хүйс (xüjs)
Norwegian: kjønn (no) n
Novial: Template:tø
Persian: جنسیت (fa) (jensi-yat)
Polish: płeć (pl) f
Portuguese: sexo (pt) m
Romanian: sex (ro) n
Russian: пол (ru) m (pol)
Scottish Gaelic: gnè f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пол m (pol), спол m

Roman: pol m, spol m
Slovak: pohlavie n
Slovene: spol m
Spanish: sexo (es) m, género (es) m
Swedish: kön (sv) n
Tagalog: kasarian (tl)
Tajik: ҷинс (jins), ҷинсият (jinsiyat)
Telugu: లింగము (te) (liṅgamu)
Thai: เพศ (th) (pâyt)
Turkish: cinsiyet (tr)
Turkmen: jyns, pol
Ukrainian: стать f (statʹ)
Urdu: جنس (jins)
Uzbek: jins
Vietnamese: giới tính (vi)

women

French: le sexe (fr) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

(deprecated template usage) Breton: reizh (br) (1,2,3)
(deprecated template usage) Indonesian: seks (id) (2), jenis kelamin (id) (1)

Verb

sex (third-person singular simple present sex, present participle es, simple past and past participle sexed)

(deprecated template usage) (zoology) To determine the biological sex of an animal.
It is not easy to sex lizards.
(deprecated template usage) (colloquial) 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

Catalan: sexar (ca)
Danish: kønsbestemme
Dutch: geslacht bepalen
Finnish: määrittää sukupuoli
French: sexer (fr)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
German: das Geschlecht bestimmen, sexen
Lithuanian: mylėtis
Polish: seksować (pl)
Spanish: sexar
Swedish: könsbestämma (sv)

informal: to have sex with

Danish: bolle (da), have samleje (da) med
Dutch: vrijen (nl), de liefde bedrijven
Finnish: rakastella (fi), harrastaa seksiä
Greek: συνουσιάζομαι (el) (synousiázomai)
Ancient: (adultery) Template:tø
Hebrew: קיים יחסים (kiyém yakhasím) (literally “to have relations”), זיין (ziyén) (vulgar)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: fare sesso
Japanese: セックスする (sekkusu-suru)
Russian: заниматься сексом с (zanimát’s’a séksom s)
Swedish: knulla (sv), ha samlag (sv) med

Czech

Noun

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sex (sexual intercourse)

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) sex.

Noun

sex c

(deprecated template usage) (uncountable) sexual intercourse

Derived terms

sexet Template:pos a

Related terms

seksualitet Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 10: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
seksuel Template:pos a

Dutch

Noun

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(deprecated template usage) (proscribed) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of seks

Usage notes

Regarding connotations in writing, certain magazines use (deprecated template usage) sex instead of (deprecated template usage) seks, since the correct spelling is regarded more neutral and official, and the other more exciting.

Icelandic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) sex.

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [sɛks]
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [sɛxs]
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [sɛɣs] (regional)
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛks

Numeral

sex (cardinal, indeclinable)

six; the cardinal number after (deprecated template usage) fimm and before (deprecated template usage) sjö.

Derived terms

Related terms

sjötti (ordinal)

Interlingua

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) sex, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons.

Numeral

sex

six

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< V	VI	VII >
Cardinal : sex Ordinal : sextus Adverbial : sexiēs Distributive : sēnī
Latin Wikipedia article on Sex

Alternative forms

Symbol: VI

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons. Cognates include Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) षष् (ṣaṣ), Old Armenian (deprecated template usage) վեց (vecʿ), Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἕξ (héx), and Old English (deprecated template usage) siex (English (deprecated template usage) six).

Pronunciation

(Classical) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /seks/
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Numeral

Template:la-num-card

(deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) six; 6
- Template:RQ:Caesar Bello Gallico
  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."
- Template:RQ:Ovid Metamorphoses
  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."
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Exodus 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

Aromanian: shase
Asturian: seis
Catalan: sis
Dalmatian: si
French: six
Friulian: sîs
Galician: seis
Italian: sei

Template:mid2

Jèrriais: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Neapolitan: séje
Occitan: sièis
Portuguese: seis
Romanian: șase
Romansch: sis
Sardinian: ses
Spanish: seis

Old Norse

Etymology

Numeral

sex

six

Descendants

Danish: seks
Faroese: seks
Icelandic: sex

Template:mid2

Norwegian: seks
Swedish: sex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) sexus

Noun

sex n (plural sexe or sexuri)

gender, sex

Declension

Declension of sex

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sex	sexul	(niște) sexe	sexele
genitive/dative	(unui) sex	sexului	(unor) sexe	sexelor
vocative	sexule		sexelor

Derived terms

Noun

sex n (plural [please provide])

sex, sexual relations

Slovak

Noun

sex m (declension pattern of dub)

sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

Swedish

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /sɛks/
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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) sex, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons.

Numeral

sex

(deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) six

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) sex.

Noun

sex n

sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

@@ Line 129: / Line 129: @@
 *: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|性交|tr=xìngjiāo|sc=Hani}}
 *: Min Nan: {{t+|nan|相姦|tr=sio-kàn|sc=Hans}}
-* Czech: {{t+|cs|soulož|f}}, {{t+|cs|styk|m}}, {{t-|cs|pohlavní styk|m}}
+* Czech: {{t+|cs|soulož|f}}, {{t+|cs|styk|m}}, {{t-|cs|pohlavní styk|m}}, {{t|cs|seks|m}}
 * Danish: {{t+|da|sex}}, {{t-|da|kønsliv}}, {{t-|da|seksualliv}}, {{t-|da|seksuel omgang}}, {{t+|da|samleje}}, {{t-|da|erotik}}
 * Dutch: {{t+|nl|seks|m}}, {{t+|nl|geslachtsgemeenschap|m}}, {{t+|nl|vrijen|n}}
@@ Line 149: / Line 149: @@
 * Korean: {{t+|ko|성교|tr=[[性交]], seonggyo|sc=Hang}}, {{t+|ko|성행위|tr=[[性行爲]], seonghaengwi|sc=Hang}}, {{t+|ko|성관계|tr=[[性關係]], seonggwan-gye|sc=Hang}}, {{t+|ko|섹스|tr=sekseu|sc=Hang}}
 * Kurdish: {{t+|ku|seks}}, {{t+|ku|guhnelî}}, {{t+|ku|perîn}}, {{t+|ku|cotbûn}}, {{t+|ku|têkiliyên zayendî}}, {{qualifier|vulgar}} {{t|ku|gan}}
-{{trans-mid}}
 * Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|секс|tr=seks|sc=Cyrl}}
+{{trans-mid}}
 * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|seksas|m}}
+* Macedonian: {{t|mk|секс|m|tr=seks|sc=Cyrl}}
 * Malayalam: {{t-|ml|ലൈംഗികബന്ധം|tr=laimgika bandham|sc=Mlym}}, {{t-|ml|സംഭോഗം|tr=sambhogam|sc=Mlym}}, {{t+|ml|മൈഥുനം|tr=maithhunam|sc=Mlym}}
 * Maltese: {{t|mt|sess|m}}
@@ Line 157: / Line 158: @@
 * Norwegian: {{t+|no|sex|m}}, {{t+|no|samleie|n}}, {{t-|no|samlega|f}}
 * Old English: {{t-|ang|hæmed|alt=hǣmed}}, {{t-|ang|legerteam|alt=leġertēam}}, {{t-|ang|wifgemana|alt=wīfġemāna}}
-* Persian: {{t-|fa|همخوابگی|tr=ham-khaabegy|sc=fa-Arab}}
+* Persian: {{t-|fa|همخوابگی|tr=ham-khaabegy|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t|fa|سکس|tr=seks|sc=fa-Arab}}
 * Polish: {{t+|pl|seks|m}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sexo|m}}, {{t+|pt|transa|f}}
@@ Line 165: / Line 166: @@
 *: Cyrillic: {{t-|sh|секс|m|tr=seks|sc=Cyrl}}
 *: Roman: {{t-|sh|seks|m}}
-* Slovak: {{t-|sk|súlož|f}}
+* Slovak: {{t-|sk|súlož|f}}, {{t|sk|seks|m}}
 * Slovene: {{t+|sl|seks|m|alt=séks}}
 * Spanish: {{t+|es|relación|alt=relaciones sexuales|f-p}}, {{t+|es|sexo|m}}, {{qualifier|attributive}} {{t+|es|sexual|m|f}}
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 * Turkmen: {{t|tk|seks}}
 * Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|любощі|p|tr=ljúbošči|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|секс|m|tr=seks}}
+* Urdu: {{t|ur|سیکس|tr=seks|sc=ur-Arab}}
 * Uzbek: {{t|uz|jinsiy aloqa}}, {{t|uz|shahvoniy}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t|uz|seks}}
 * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giao cấu|alt=sự giao cấu}}

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English

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Noun

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Translations

Verb

Translations

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Czech

Noun

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Danish

Etymology

Noun

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Dutch

Noun

Usage notes

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

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Interlingua

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Latin

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Numeral

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Old Norse

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Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Slovak

Noun

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

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See also

Etymology 2

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