English
Noun
sexual orientation (countable and uncountable , plural sexual orientations )
One's tendencies of sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality .
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sexual orientation
Afrikaans: seksuele oriëntasie
Albanian: orientim seksual m
Arabic: تَوَجُّه جِنْسِيّ m ( tawajjuh jinsiyy )
Armenian: սեռական կողմնորոշում ( seṙakan koġmnorošum )
Asturian: orientación sexual f
Aymara: sarnaqaña uñtapa
Azerbaijani: seksual orientasiya
Basque: sexu-joera , orientazio sexuala
Belarusian: сексуа́льная арыента́цыя f ( sjeksuálʹnaja aryjentácyja )
Bengali: যৌন অভিমুখীতা ( jōun obhimukhita )
Breton: tuadur reizhel m
Bulgarian: сексуа́лна ориента́ция f ( seksuálna orientácija )
Catalan: orientació sexual f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性傾向 / 性倾向 ( xìngqīngxiàng ) , 性倾向 ( xìngqīngxiàng ) , 性取向 (zh) ( xìngqǔxiàng ) , 性指向 (zh) ( xìngzhǐxiàng ) , 性位向 ( xìngwèixiàng ) , 性向 (zh) ( xìngxiàng )
Czech: sexuální orientace f
Danish: seksuel orientering c
Dutch: seksuele geaardheid f , seksuele oriëntatie f , seksuele gerichtheid f , geaardheid (nl) f
Esperanto: seksa orientiĝo
Estonian: seksuaalne orientatsioon , seksuaalne suundumus
Finnish: seksuaalinen suuntautuminen (fi)
French: orientation sexuelle (fr) f
Galician: orientación sexual f
Georgian: სექსუალური ორიენტაცია ( seksualuri orienṭacia )
German: sexuelle Orientierung f , sexuelle Ausrichtung f
Greek: σεξουαλικός προσανατολισμός m ( sexoualikós prosanatolismós )
Hebrew: נטייה מינית f ( netiya minit )
Hindi: यौन अभिविन्यास ( yaun abhivinyās )
Hungarian: szexuális irányultság
Icelandic: kynhneigð (is) f
Ido: sexuala orientalizo
Indonesian: orientasi seksual
Irish: claonadh gnéasach m
Italian: orientamento sessuale m
Japanese: 性的指向 ( せいてきしこう, seitekishikō ) , 性指向 ( せいしこう, seishikō )
Kazakh: сексуалды бағыттану ( seksualdy bağyttanu )
Korean: 성적 지향 ( seongjeok jihyang )
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Latin: propensio sexualis f
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Latvian: seksuālā orientācija f
Lithuanian: seksualinė orientacija f , lytinė orientacija f
Macedonian: сексуа́лна ориента́ција f ( seksuálna orientácija )
Malay: orientasi seksual
Malayalam: ലൈംഗികചായ്വ് ( laiṅgikacāyvŭ )
Maltese: orjentazzjoni sesswali f
Maori: aronga hōkaka , aronga taera , taeratanga , hōkakatanga
Marathi: लैंगिक कल ( laiṅgik kal )
Mongolian: бэлгийн баримжаа ( belgiin barimžaa )
Nepali: यौन अभिमुखिकरण ( yaun abhimukhikaraṇ )
Norman: orientâtion sexuelle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seksuell orientering m or f
Nynorsk: seksuell orientering f
Persian: گرایش جنسی ( garâyeš-e jensi )
Polish: orientacja seksualna (pl) f
Portuguese: orientação sexual (pt) f
Punjabi: ਲਿੰਗਕ ਅਨੁਸਥਾਪਨ ( liṅgak anusthāpan )
Romanian: orientare sexuală f
Russian: сексуа́льная ориента́ция (ru) f ( sɛksuálʹnaja orijentácija )
Sardinian: orientamentu sessuale
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сексуална оријентација f
Roman: seksualna orijentacija f
Shuar: pampatai nekámuri
Slovak: sexuálna orientácia f
Slovene: spolna usmerjenost f , spolna orientacija f
Spanish: orientación sexual (es) f
Swedish: sexuell läggning (sv) c
Tagalog: oryentasyong seksuwal
Tajik: гироиши ҷинсӣ ( giroyiši jinsī ) , гароиши ҷинсӣ ( garoyiši jinsī )
Tamil: பாலியல் நாட்டம் ( pāliyal nāṭṭam )
Thai: รสนิยมทางเพศ ( rs̄niym thāng pheṣ̄ )
Turkish: cinsel yönelim (tr) , cinsel tercih (tr)
Ukrainian: сексуа́льна орієнта́ція (uk) f ( seksuálʹna orijentácija )
Urdu: جنسی کشش
Uzbek: jinsiy moyillik
Vietnamese: thiên hướng tình dục
Welsh: cyfeiriadedd rhywiol , rhywioledd (cy) , rhywioldeb (cy) m
West Frisian: seksuële oriïntaasje
Yiddish: סעקסואַלער אָריענטאַציע ( seksualer oryentatsye )
See also
(sexual orientations ) sexual orientation ; asexual (-ity , ace ), bisexual (-ity , bi ), demisexual (-ity , demi ), graysexual (-ity ), heterosexual (-ity , straight ), homosexual (-ity , gay , lesbian ), omnisexual (-ity ), pansexual (-ity , pan ), plurisexual (-ity ), polysexual (-ity ), robosexual (-ity ), sapiosexual (-ity ), androsexual (-ity ), gynesexual (-ity ), vegansexual (-ity ) (Category: en:Sexual orientations )