sex appeal

See also: sexappeal, Sexappeal, sex-appeal, and Sex-Appeal

English

Noun

sex appeal (uncountable)

1. Sexual attractiveness. [from 1910s]

   He may be as thick as a plank, but he sure has some sex appeal.

   • 1913 May 15, Elizabeth Newport Hepburn, quoting Josephine Jewell Dodge, “A Question Not of Sex Appeal; But of Prevailing Mode.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But when she goes on to remark that “it is the height of folly to say that woman, who has been taught by the uncounted ages that her strongest hold on man is because of her sex, can throw off or disregard the knowledge that her sex appeal is the strongest weapon she has” then I am appalled at the extreme illogic of the lady!

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Omega (Samara: The Ardat-Yakshi):

     Samara: She impresses with sophistication and sex appeal. Then she strikes. The hunt interests her as much as the conquest.

Translations

sexual attractiveness

• Arabic: اِنْجِذَاب جِنْسِيّ m (injiḏāb jinsiyy), جَاذِبِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة f (jāḏibiyya jinsiyya)
• Bulgarian: сексапил (bg) m (seksapil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性感 (zh) (xìnggǎn), 性魅力 (xìngmèilì)

• Danish: sexappeal c
• Esperanto: seksallogo
• Finnish: sukupuolinen vetovoima, seksikkyys (fi)
• French: sex appeal (fr) m, attirance sexuelle f, attraction sexuelle f, attrait sexuel m
• German: Sexappeal (de) m, erotische Anziehungskraft f
• Greek: σεξαπίλ (el) n (sexapíl)
• Hindi: यौन आकर्षण m (yaun ākarṣaṇ), सेक्स अपील (seks apīl)
• Hungarian: szexepil (hu)
• Icelandic: kynþokki (is) m
• Irish: gnéasúlacht
• Japanese: 色気 (ja) (いろけ, iroke), セックスアピール (sekkusuapīru)
• Korean: 섹스 어필 (sekseu eopil)
• Polish: seksapil (pl) m, atrakcyjność seksualna f
• Portuguese: apelo sexual (pt) m, sex appeal (pt) m
• Russian: сексапи́льность (ru) f (seksapílʹnostʹ), сексуа́льная привлека́тельность f (seksuálʹnaja privlekátelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: atracción sexual f, sexapil m
• Swedish: sex appeal (sv)
• Tagalog: sariing gayuma
• Turkish: seksapel (tr)
• Vietnamese: hấp dẫn tình dục

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sex appeal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.s‿a.pil/

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Noun

sex appeal m (uncountable)

1. sex appeal

Portuguese

Noun

sex appeal m (uncountable)

1. sex appeal (sexual attractiveness)

   Synonym: apelo sexual