English Explanatory Dictionary

sexual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
  2. Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
  3. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.
  4. Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
  5. Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
  6. Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
  7. Pertaining to the female sex.
noun
  1. A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
  2. A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).

Pronunciation

/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/ /sɛk.sju.əl/ /sɛks.jəl/ /sɛk.θju.əl/ /sɛk.ʃu.əl/ /sɛk.ʃəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Scelultrix-sexual (without yod-coalescence).wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Scelultrix-sexual (with yod-coalescence).wav en-us-sexual.ogg

Word forms

sexual more sexual most sexual sexuals

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”), equivalent to sex + -ual. By surface analysis, sex- + -u- + -al.

Synonyms

allosexual feminine eusexual

Antonyms

asexual

Related words

sex

Derived words

androsexual antisexual asexual autosexual bisexual chemosexual cissexual consexual contrasexual cosexual cybersexual demisexual ecosexual ephebosexual erotosexual esexual eusexual finsexual flexisexual genetic sexual attraction gray-sexual graysexual gynesexual have sexual relations heterosexual hobosexual homosexual hypersexual hyposexual intersexual intrasexual isosexual lithsexual malsexual matrisexual minsexual monosexual morosexual multisexual necrosexual ninsexual nonsexual non-sexual objectum-sexual omnisexual orthosexual other-sexual pan-sexual pansexual parasexual patrisexual pedosexual perisexual persistent sexual arousal syndrome plurisexual polysexual pomosexual pornosexual postsexual presexual

Translations

Arabic: جِنْسِيّ Armenian: սեռական Armenian: սեռային Azerbaijani: cinsi Belarusian: пло́цевы Belarusian: сэксуа́льны Belarusian: палавы́ Bulgarian: сексуа́лен Bulgarian: по́лов Catalan: sexual Chinese Mandarin: 性的 Czech: pohlavní Czech: sexuální Danish: seksuel Danish: køns- Danish: kønslig Dutch: seksueel Esperanto: seksa Esperanto: amora Estonian: sugu- Estonian: seksuaalne Faroese: kynsligur Finnish: sukupuolinen Finnish: seksuaalinen Finnish: sukupuoli- French: sexuel Galician: sexual Georgian: სექსუალური Georgian: სქესობრივი Greek: σεξουαλικός Ancient Greek: ἀφροδίσιος Ancient Greek: γενετήσιος Hebrew: מִינִי Hungarian: ivaros Hungarian: nemi Hungarian: szexuális Indonesian: seksual Italian: sessuale Japanese: 性的 Kazakh: жыныстық Korean: 성적인 Korean: 성의 Latin: sexualis Macedonian: полов Macedonian: сексуа́лен Malayalam: ലൈംഗിക Maltese: sesswali Norwegian Bokmål: seksuell Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuell Occitan: sexual Pashto: جنسي Iranian Persian: جِنْسی Polish: płciowy Polish: seksualny Portuguese: sexual Portuguese: sexuado Romanian: sexual Russian: полово́й Russian: сексуа́льный Northern Sami: seksuála
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary