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noun (es, -)
  1. (uncountable) The act of sexual intercourse.
  2. (countable) Either of two main divisions (either male or female) into which many organisms can be placed, according to reproductive function or organs.
What is that hamster?
  1. (euphemism) genitalia, Genitalia; a penis or vagina.
  2. (context, with definite article, dated) women, Women, womankind.
    • 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 60):
    • : unless it was with his sister-in-law, my father's wife and my mother,""my uncle Toby scarce exchanged three words with the sex in as many years
    • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" (Norton 2005, p.1342)
    • : He disliked and distrusted the sex, but he was always a chivalrous opponent.
      All you ever think about is .
Translations: 
  • Dutch: geslachtsgemeenschap(nl, seks, m}}, vrijen(nl)m, {{t+, nl)n
  • French: (t, fr, rapport sexuel, m, p, alt=rapports sexuels)
  • German: (t, de, Sex, m), Geschlechtsverkehr(de)m
  • Italian: sesso(it)m
verb (sex, es)
  1. (transitive) To determine the sex of.
It is not easy to a hyena.
  1. (transitive) (informal) To have sex with.
The passionate lovers sexed each other every night.
  1. sex up
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vrijen, de liefde bedrijven
  • German: das Geschlecht bestimmen, sexen
  • Spanish: sexar
Etymology: Via and from (term, sexus)


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