sexual

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”); see sex.

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˈsɛksjuəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl

AdjectiveEdit

sexual (comparative more sexual, superlative most sexual)

1. Of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.

   Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.

2. Of or relating to gender.
   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1: 

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

   Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.

3. Of or relating to sexuality; not asexual.

   She's a very sexual woman;  a sexual innuendo.

   • 1994, Purity & passion (ISBN 0802471307), page 67:

     We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate.

4. Of or relating to sexual orientations, sexual identity or preferences with respect to sexual intercourse

   sexual preferences

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

• sex

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

• Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse

NounEdit

sexual (plural sexuals)

1. (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
2. (LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).

AntonymsEdit

• (biology): asexual
• (person): asexual

External linksEdit

• sexual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sexual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

AdjectiveEdit

sexual (epicene, plural sexuales)

1. sexual

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

AdjectiveEdit

sexual m, f (masculine and feminine plural sexuals)

1. sexual

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɛˈkswaɫ/

AdjectiveEdit

sexual m, f (plural sexuais, comparable)

1. sexual

InflectionEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [seksuˈal]

AdjectiveEdit

sexual ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. sexual

DeclensionEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /seˈksual/

AdjectiveEdit

sexual m, f (plural sexuales)

1. sexual