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sex¹
- /ˈsɛks/ US, UK
- /ˈseks/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like secs, sects (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
From Middle English sexe (“sex [distinction between male and female] and 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). Displaced native Old English hād (“sex, gender”).
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 1899 (in the writings of H. G. Wells).
noun sexes · sexe · s*x
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A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.
The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.
Similar: gender
- Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles. Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an herculean task, because she has difficulties peculiar to her sex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.
- The members of such a category, taken collectively. It was a weakness / In me, but incident to all our sex.
- The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender. A lot of women now like men to pay for them on dates... We've dealt with the outdated view of sex underpinning this.
- Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it. The sex of Venice are undoubtedly of a distinguished beauty.
- Sexual activity, may be understood to be sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. We marry in fear and trembling, sex for a home is the woman's traffic, and the man comes to his heart's desire when his heart's desire is dead.
- Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva. Another ha's gon through with the bargain... One that will find the way to her Sex, before you'le come to kissing her hand.
- Any kind of category, class, or community of people who possess shared characteristics, such as religion or race.
verb sexes · sexing · sexed · sexe · s*x
- To determine the sex of (an animal). If we sex the cattle, which is the only way to get at their value, we shall have... 400 cows, 200 yearling heifers.
- To have sex with. As good as Muddah had handled me in bed, sexing her hadn't done a damn thing to take my mind off my cousin Smoove.
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To have sex.
Our baby is eighteen months old now, and cries when we sex
Similar: do it
sex²
- /ˈsɛks/ US, UK
- /ˈseks/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like secs, sects (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
From sect.
noun sexes · sexe · s*x
- Alternative form of sect
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sexuality, arouse, excite, gender, turn on, wind up, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual urge, intercourse, paedophile, sexually, shagging, erotic, sexual, pornographic
Translations
Every language
noun reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male)
| Español | sexo, género |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성 seong, 성별 seongbyeol |
| 日本語 | 性別 seibetsu |
| 中文 | 性別 /性别 xìngbié |
| हिन्दी | लिंग liṅg |
| Português | sexo |
| Français | sexe |
| Deutsch | Geschlecht |
| Italiano | sesso |
| Ελληνικά | φύλο fýlo |
| Română | sex |
| Русский | пол pol |
| Tiếng Việt | giới tính |
| العربية | جِنْس jins |
| עברית | מִין min |
noun act of sexual intercourse — see also rumpy-pumpy
| Español | relaciones sexuales, sexo, sexual |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성교 seonggyo, 성행위 seonghaeng'wi, 성관계 seonggwan'gye, 섹스 sekseu, 좆질 jotjil, 빠구리 ppaguri |
| 日本語 | 性交 seikō, セックス sekkusu |
| 中文 | 性交 xìngjiāo |
| हिन्दी | मैथुन maithun, संभोग sambhog, सहवास sahvās, चुदाई cudāī |
| Kiswahili | ngono, tendo la ndoa |
| Português | sexo, transa, coito |
| Français | rapports sexuels, sexe, cul |
| Deutsch | Sex, Geschlechtsverkehr |
| Italiano | sesso |
| Ελληνικά | συνουσία synousía, έρωτας érotas, σεξ |
| Română | relații sexuale |
| Русский | секс seks, полово́е сноше́ние polovóje snošénije, полово́й акт polovój akt, совокупле́ние sovokuplénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự giao cấu |
| العربية | جِمَاع jimāʕ, مُجَامَعَة mujāmaʕa, تَسَافُد tasāfud, سِيكْس sīks |
| עברית | יַחֲסֵי מִין yakhaséy min, מִין min, סֶקְס seks |
verb informal: to have sex with
| 한국어 | 성교(性交)하다 seonggyohada, 성행위(性行爲)하다 seonghaeng'wihada, 성관계(性關係)하다 seonggwan'gyehada, 섹스하다 sekseuhada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 性交する seikō suru, セックスする sekkusu suru |
| Français | faire l'amour avec |
| Deutsch | Sex haben mit |
| Ελληνικά | συνουσιάζομαι synousiázomai |
verb informal: to have sex (intransitive)
| Français | faire l'amour |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sex haben |
| Italiano | fare sesso |
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title = {sex},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sex},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
