sexual

See also: -sexual

Contents

EnglishEdit

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”, in 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

Terms derived from sexual

• nonsexual
• sexuality

• sexualism
• sexually

• sexual politics
• subsexual

Related termsEdit

• sex

TranslationsEdit

of or relating to having sex

• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ‎ (jinsiyy)
• Armenian: սեռական (hy) (seṙakan)
• Catalan: sexual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性的 (zh) (xìng de)

• Czech: pohlavní (cs), sexuální (cs)
• Danish: seksuel
• Dutch: seksueel (nl)
• Esperanto: seksa
• Estonian: sugu-, seksuaalne (et)
• Faroese: kynsligur
• Finnish: sukupuolinen, seksuaalinen (fi)
• French: sexuel (fr)
• Galician: sexual (gl) m, f
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (el) (sexoualikós)
• Hebrew: מיני‎ (he) (miní)
• Hungarian: ivaros

• Italian: sessuale (it)
• Japanese: 性的 (せいてき, seiteki)
• Macedonian: полов m (polov), сексуа́лен m (seksuálen)
• Maltese: sesswali
• Northern Sami: seksuála
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seksuell

  Nynorsk: seksuell

• Pashto: جنسي‎ (ps) (jinsi)
• Persian: جنسی‎ (fa) (jensi)
• Polish: płciowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: sexual (pt)
• Romanian: sexual (ro) m, n, sexuală f
• Russian: полово́й (ru) (polovój), сексуа́льный (ru) (seksuálʹnyj)
• Slovene: seksualen, spolen
• Spanish: sexual (es)
• Swedish: sexuell (sv), sex- (sv)

of or relating to the sex of an organism

• Armenian: սեռային (hy) (seṙayin)
• Catalan: sexual (ca)
• Czech: pohlavní (cs), sexuální (cs)
• Danish: køns-, kønslig
• Estonian: sugu-
• Faroese: kynsligur
• Finnish: sukupuolinen, sukupuoli- (fi)
• Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi)
• Hungarian: nemi (hu), szexuális (hu)
• Icelandic: kynferðisleg

• Macedonian: полов m (polov)
• Pashto: جنسي‎ (ps) (jinsi)
• Polish: płciowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: sexuado (pt)
• Romanian: sexual (ro) m, n
• Russian: полово́й (ru) (polovój)
• Slovene: spolen
• Swedish: sexuell (sv), könlig, köns- (sv)
• Vietnamese: tình dục (vi)

of or relating to sexuality

• Armenian: սեռական (hy) (seṙakan)
• Catalan: sexual (ca)
• Czech: pohlavní (cs), sexuální (cs)
• Dutch: seksueel (nl)
• Faroese: kynsligur
• Finnish: sukupuolinen, seksuaalinen (fi)
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (el) (sexoualikós)
• Hungarian: nemi (hu), szexuális (hu)
• Japanese: 性的 (せいてき, seiteki)
• Macedonian: сексуа́лен m (seksuálen)
• Malay: seksual
• Maltese: sesswali

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seksuell

  Nynorsk: seksuell

• Pashto: جنسي‎ (ps) (jinsi)
• Polish: seksualny (pl) m
• Portuguese: sexual (pt)
• Romanian: sexual (ro) m, n, sexuală f
• Russian: полово́й (ru) (polovój), сексуа́льный (ru) (seksuálʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: gnèitheach
• Slovene: seksualen
• Swedish: sexuell (sv)

of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences

• Danish: seksuel
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (el) (sexoualikós)

• Portuguese: sexual (pt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) (jínsi)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} seksueel, ^{(please verify)} seksuele
• French: ^{(please verify)} sexuel (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} sexuell (de)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} γενετήσιος (el) m (genetísios), ^{(please verify)} ερωτικός (el) m (erotikós)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nemi, ^{(please verify)} szexuális
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sessuale (it)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} seksualus, ^{(please verify)} lytinis, ^{(please verify)} lytiškas

• Novial: sexual
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} جنسی‎ (fa) (jínsi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sexual (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} seksualni m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} sexual (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sexuell (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} లైంగిక (te) (laiṃgika)

DescendantsEdit

• Japanese: セクシャル (sekusharu)

See alsoEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:copulation

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

Further readingEdit

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

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

AdjectiveEdit

sexual (epicene, plural sexuales)

1. sexual

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

AdjectiveEdit

sexual (masculine and feminine plural sexuals)

1. sexual

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɛˈkswaɫ/

AdjectiveEdit

sexual m, f (plural sexuais, comparable)

1. sexual

InflectionEdit

Inflection of sexual

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	sexual	sexual	sexuais	sexuais
comparative	mais sexual	mais sexual	mais sexuais	mais sexuais
superlative	o mais sexual sexualíssimo	a mais sexual sexualíssima	os mais sexuais sexualíssimos	as mais sexuais sexualíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [seksuˈal]

AdjectiveEdit

sexual m, n (feminine singular sexuală, masculine plural sexuali, feminine and neuter plural sexuale)

1. sexual

DeclensionEdit

declension of sexual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sexual		sexuală	sexuali	sexuale
	definite	sexualul		sexuala	sexualii	sexualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sexual		sexuale	sexuali	sexuale
	definite	sexualului		sexualei	sexualilor	sexualelor

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sexualis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /seˈksual/
• Rhymes: -al

AdjectiveEdit

sexual (plural sexuales)

1. sexual