opposite sex

English

Noun

the opposite sex

1. Women in relation to men or men in relation to women.
2. (attributively) Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man.

   The divorce rate for opposite sex marriages is increasing.

   He doesn't believe opposite sex friendships are possible.

Antonyms

• same sex

Derived terms

• OSA

Translations

the other gender to which one is referring

• Arabic: الْجِنْس الْآخَر m (al-jins al-ʔāḵar)
• Belarusian: супрацьле́глы пол m (supracʹljéhly pol)
• Bulgarian: противополо́жен пол m (protivopolóžen pol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異性／异性 (zh) (yìxìng)

• Czech: opačné pohlaví n
• Danish: modsatte køn n
• Dutch: andere geslacht n
• Estonian: astassugupool
• Finnish: vastakkainen sukupuoli
• French: sexe opposé m
• Galician: sexo contrario
• German: anderes Geschlecht n
• Italian: sesso opposto m
• Japanese: 異性 (ja) (いせい, isei)
• Korean: 이성(異性) (ko) (iseong)
• Macedonian: спро́тивен пол m (sprótiven pol)
• Persian: جنس مخالف (jens-e moxâlef)
• Polish: płeć przeciwna f
• Portuguese: sexo oposto m
• Russian: противополо́жный пол (ru) m (protivopolóžnyj pol)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: супротни пол m

  Roman: suprotni pol m

• Slovak: opačné pohlavie n
• Slovene: nasprotni spol m
• Spanish: sexo opuesto m
• Swedish: motsatt kön n
• Thai: เพศตรงข้าม (pâyt dtrong kâam)
• Turkish: karşı cins
• Ukrainian: протиле́жна стать f (protyléžna statʹ)