seks

See also: Seks

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

seks (uncountable)

1. sex

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛks]

Noun

seks m

1. sex (sexual intercourse)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English sex.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: seks

Noun

seks

1. sexual intercourse

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seks.

Danish

Danish cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : seks     Ordinal : sjette
Danish Wikipedia article on seks

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛks/, [sɛɡ̊s]
• Homophone: sex

Numeral

seks

1. six

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sex (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English sex (“sexual union, sexual activity”). The older spelling is Dutch sex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛks/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛks

Noun

seks m (uncountable)

1. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

• agendaseks
• beukseks
• groepseks
• neukseks
• oversekst
• plasseks
• poepseks
• samsonseks
• seksboerderij
• seksboot
• seksfilm
• seksindustrie
• sekslijn
• seksloos
• seksmaniak
• seksmonster
• seksobject
• sekstoerist
• sekswerk
• sekswerker
• telefoonseks
• webcamseks

 

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely via English sex, ultimately from Latin sexus.

Noun

seks (genitive seksi, partitive seksi)

1. sex (sexual intercourse)

Declension

Declension of seks (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	seks	seksid
genitive	seksi	sekside
partitive	seksi	sekse / seksisid
illative	seksi / seksisse	seksidesse / seksesse
inessive	seksis	seksides / sekses
elative	seksist	seksidest / seksest
allative	seksile	seksidele / seksele
adessive	seksil	seksidel / seksel
ablative	seksilt	seksidelt / sekselt
translative	seksiks	seksideks / sekseks
terminative	seksini	seksideni
essive	seksina	seksidena
abessive	seksita	seksideta
comitative	seksiga	seksidega

Derived terms

• grupiseks
• seksinälg
• seksuaaliha
• seksuaalhälve
• seksuaalvabadus

Related terms

• seksuaalne

See also

• sugu
• suguühe

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : seks     Ordinal : sætti

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛks]

Numeral

seks

1. six, cardinal numeral after fimm (“five”) and before sjey (“seven”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English sex, 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”), thus meaning section, division (into male and female).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛks]
• Hyphenation: sèks

Noun

seks (first-person possessive seksku, second-person possessive seksmu, third-person possessive seksnya)

1. sex
   1. a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.

      Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, kelamin

   2. sexual activity.

      Synonym: sanggama

2. lust, passion, sexual desire.

   Synonym: berahi

Related terms

• seksi
• seksual
• seksualitas

 

Further reading

• “seks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : seks     Ordinal : sjette

Etymology

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

Numeral

seks

1. six

Derived terms

• seksdel
• sekskant
• sekskantet, sekskanta
• sekspakning

References

• “seks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sex.

Numeral

seks

1. six

Derived terms

• seksdel
• sekskant
• sekskanta
• sekspakning

References

• “seks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛks/

• Audio

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Noun

seks m inan

1. sex (sexual intercourse)

Declension

Declension of seks

	singular
nominative	seks
genitive	seksu
dative	seksowi
accusative	seks
instrumental	seksem
locative	seksie
vocative	seksie

Derived terms

adjectives

• aseksualny
• biseksualny
• seksualnie

 

adverbs

• aseksualnie
• biseksualnie
• seksualny

 

nouns

• aseksualista
• aseksualistka
• aseksualizm
• aseksualność
• biseks
• biseksualista
• biseksualistka
• biseksualizm
• seksualność

 

Further reading

• seks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• seks in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêks/

Noun

sȅks m (Cyrillic spelling се̏кс)

1. (uncountable) sex (sexual intercourse)

Declension

Declension of seks

	singular
nominative	seks
genitive	seksa
dative	seksu
accusative	seks
vocative	seks
locative	seksu
instrumental	seksom

Synonyms

• snošaj

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /séːks/

Noun

sẹ̑ks m inan

1. sex (sexual intercourse)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	séks
genitive	séksa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	séks
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	séksu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	séksom

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English sex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseks/, [ˈseks]

Noun

seks

1. (informal) sexual intercourse

   Synonym: pagtatalik

2. sex (classification)

   Synonyms: tauhin, sari

Derived terms

• magseks
• pagseseks

 

Related terms

• sekso
• seksi
• seksuwal
• seksuwalidad

Turkish

Etymology

From French sexe. The sexual intercourse sense is a semantic loan from English sex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /secs/

Noun

seks (definite accusative seksi, plural seksler)

1. sex (sexual category)
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	seks
Definite accusative	seksi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seks	seksler
Definite accusative	seksi	seksleri
Dative	sekse	sekslere
Locative	sekste	sekslerde
Ablative	seksten	sekslerden
Genitive	seksin	sekslerin