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Definitions and meaning of sex

sex

Alternative forms

sexe (archaic)
s'x, s*x (censored)

Pronunciation

enPR: sĕks, IPA^(key): /sɛks/
Rhymes: -ɛks
Homophone: secs

Etymology 1

From Middle English sexe (“gender”), from Old French sexe (“genitals; gender”), from Latin sexus (“gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”), from Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”), thus meaning "section, division" (into male and female).

Usage for women influenced by Middle French le sexe (“women”) (attested in 1580). Usage for third and additional sexes calqued from French troisième sexe, referring to masculine women in 1817 and homosexuals in 1847. First used by Lord Byron and others in English in reference to Catholic clergy. Usage for sexual intercourse first attested in 1900 (in the writings of H.G. Wells).

Noun

sex (countable and uncountable, plural sexes)

(countable) A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
(countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
(countable) The members of such a category, taken collectively.
(uncountable) The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
(obsolete or literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
- 1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
  (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex
- 1962 June 7, The Listener, 1006/2:
  Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?
(countable, euphemistic or slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina.

Usage notes

Sometimes, sex and gender are distinguished.

Synonyms

(divisions of organisms by reproductive role): gender (proscribed when referring to humans: see usage note)
(copulation): See also Thesaurus:copulation

Hypernyms

See species

Hyponyms

(usual): See male and female
(in some contexts): See bigender, transgender, genderless, intersex, genderfluid, homosexual, eunuch
(jocular, now uncommon): See clergy

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: seks
→ German: Sex
→ Hindi: सेक्स (seks)

Translations

Verb

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

(zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of (an animal).
(chiefly US, colloquial, transitive) To have sex with.
(chiefly US, colloquial, intransitive) To have sex.

Synonyms

(to have sex): do it, get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

missex
sex up

Translations

Etymology 2

From sect.

Noun

sex (plural sexes)

(obsolete) Alternative form of sect.

Anagrams

Xes, exs., sXe

Czech

Alternative forms

sexus (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɛks]
Hyphenation: sex

Noun

sex m inan

sex (sexual intercourse)
Synonym: soulož

Declension

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

From English sex.

Pronunciation

Homophone: seks

Noun

sex c

(uncountable) Sexual intercourse, sex.

Derived terms

analsex
gruppesex
oralsex
sexet (adjective)

Related terms

seksualitet c
seksuel (adjective)

Dutch

Noun

sex m (uncountable)

(proscribed) Alternative spelling of seks

Usage notes

Certain magazines use sex instead of seks, since the correct spelling is regarded more neutral and official, and the other more exciting.

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs. Cognates include Faroese seks and Danish seks.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɛks], [sɛxs]
Rhymes: -ɛks, -ɛxs
(regional) IPA^(key): [sɛɣs]

Numeral

sex

Derived terms

klukkan sex
sexa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sex, from Middle English sexe, from Old French sexe, from Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɛks]
Rhymes: -ɛks

Noun

sex n (genitive singular sex, nominative plural sex)

sex, sexual intercourse

Declension

References

Interlingua

Etymology

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

Numeral

sex

Latin

Alternative forms

Symbol: VI, IIIIII

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *seks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Cognates include Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), and Old English six (English six).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /seks/, [s̠ɛks̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seks/, [sɛks]

Numeral

sex (indeclinable)

six; 6

Descendants

References

sex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sex in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sex

sex
- a. 1382, Bible (Wycliffite), Genesis, Chapter vi, Verse 19:

Etymology 2

From Old English seax.

Noun

sex

Alternative form of sax

Etymology 3

From Old English sex, alternative form of six.

Numeral

sex

Alternative form of six

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sex, from Latin sexus.

Noun

sex m (definite singular sexen, uncountable)

sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

sexliv

References

“sex” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“sex” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sex, from Latin sexus.

Noun

sex m (definite singular sexen, uncountable)

sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

sexliv

References

“sex” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seks/

Noun

sex n (Late West Saxon)

Alternative form of seax (“shortsword, dagger, knife”)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs.

Numeral

sex

six.

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde: seeks

Helgoland: sös

Sylt: soks
Saterland Frisian: säks
West Frisian: seis

Old Norse

Alternative forms

sjax — broken form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, whence also Old English six (English six), Old Frisian sex, Old Saxon sehs, Middle Dutch sesse (Dutch zes), Old High German sehs (German sechs), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, cognate with Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx).

Numeral

sex

(cardinal number) six

Descendants

Icelandic: sex
Faroese: seks
Norn: siks
Norwegian Bokmål: seks
Norwegian Nynorsk: seks
Old Swedish: sæx, siæx
- Swedish: sex
Old Danish: sæx, ᛋᛁᛆᚼᛋ, siahs
- Danish: seks
Elfdalian: sjäks
Old Gutnish: siex
- Gutnish: siex, sex

References

sex in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

sechs

Etymology

Compare German sechs, Dutch zes, English six.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛk͡s/

Numeral

sex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seks/
Rhymes: -eks

Noun

sex n (plural sexe or sexuri)

gender, sex
sex, sexual intercourse

Usage notes

The common plural form is sexe; sexuri is regional.

Declension

Derived terms

sexul slab
sexul tare

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from English sex, from Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛks/

Noun

sex m inan (genitive singular sexu, nominative plural sexy, genitive plural sexov, declension pattern of dub)

sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

Declension

Derived terms

sexi, sexy (adjective)
sexuálny (adjective)
sexuálne (adverb)
sexuálnosť f

References

“sex”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛks/
Homophone: säcks (in accents that don't distinguish short e and ä)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish sæx, siæx, from Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

Numeral

sex

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

klockan sex
sexa
sexsnåret
sextiden
sjätte
sjättedel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sex, from Latin sexus.

Noun

sex n (uncountable)

sex (intercourse, sexual activity)
att ha sex ― to have sex

Declension

Synonyms

samlag
könsumgänge
ligg
nyp
knull
pök
älskog

Derived terms

Related terms

sexig (“sexy”)
sexologi (“sexology”)
sexual-
sexualakt
sexualisera (“sexualize”)
sexualisering (“sexualization”)
sexualitet (“sexuality”)
sexuell (“sexual”)

References

sex in Svensk ordbok (SO)
sex in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
sex in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian цех (cex), from Polish cech, from Middle High German zëch(e); see modern German Zeche.

Noun

sex (plural sexlar)

shop, section (of a factory)

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org

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