sekss

Latvian

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin sexus (“sex, gender”).

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sekss m (1st declension)

sex, gender (the two groups in which most living beings can be divided, according to their role in the reproductive process)
sieviešu sekss ― the female sex
(usually singular) sex (sexual intercourse, sexual activity)
seksa fiziskās izpausmes ― physical manifestations of sex

seksa horoskops ― sex horoscope

cik bieži latviešu sievietēm ir sekss? ― how often do Latvian women have sex?

sekss kļuvis par izpētes, ārstēšanas priekšmetu ― sex has become an object of research and (medical) treatment

The use of sekss to mean "biological group" apparently is (or is becoming) dated; dzimums is more often found in this sense.