same-sex

See also: same sex

English

Alternative forms

• same sex

Adjective

same-sex (not comparable)

1. Restricted to members of a single sex.

   a same-sex school

2. Of, relating to, or between homosexual men or women.

   Some nations have legalized same-sex marriage.

   • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

     Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.

Synonyms

• (restricted to members of a single sex): single-sex
• (of or relating to homosexual men or women): gay, homosexual

Antonyms

• (restricted to members of a single sex):
• mixed
• (of or relating to homosexual men or women):
• mixed-sex
• other-sex
• heterosexual

Pronunciation

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Derived terms

• same-sexer
• same-sexness

Translations

restricted to members of a single sex

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同性 (zh) (tóngxìng)

• Finnish: yhden sukupuolen
• French: de même sexe
• German: gleichen Geschlechts
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• Greek: ιδίου φύλου (idíou fýlou)
• Japanese: 同性の (ja) (どうせいの, dōsei no)
• Polish: jednopłciowy
• Russian: однопо́лый (ru) (odnopólyj), того́ же по́ла (tovó že póla) (of the same sex), для лиц одного́ по́ла (dlja lic odnovó póla), то́лько для ма́льчиков (tólʹko dlja málʹčikov) (boys only), то́лько для де́вочек (tólʹko dlja dévoček) (girls only)

of or relating to homosexual men or women

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同性 (zh) (tóngxìng), 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)

• Finnish: samaa sukupuolta oleva, samasukupuolinen (fi), homo- (fi)
• Georgian: ერთსქესიანთა (ertskesianta)
• German: gleichgeschlechtlich (de)
• Northern Sami: ovttasohkabeallásaš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: likekjønnet

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• Polish: homoseksualny (pl)
• Russian: гомосексуа́льный (ru) (gomosɛksuálʹnyj), однопо́лый (ru) (odnopólyj)
• Slovak: homosexuálny (sk)
• Swedish: samkönad (sv)
• Turkish: eşcinsel (tr)
• Vietnamese: đồng giới