asexual

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English asexual From a- (“lacking, without”) + -sexual.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aseksueel — having no interest in sex
• Bengali: নিষ্কামী (niśkami) — having no interest in sex
• Bulgarian: а́сексуа́лен (áseksuálen) — having no interest in sex
• Danish: aseksuel — having no interest in sex
• Dutch: aseksueel — having no interest in sex
• Esperanto: neseksema — having no interest in sex
• Finnish: epäseksuaalinen — having no interest in sex
• French: asexuel — having no interest in sex
• Galician: asexual — having no interest in sex
• Georgian: ასექსუალური (aseksualuri) — having no interest in sex
• German: asexuell — having no interest in sex
• Greek: ασεξουαλικός (asexoualikós) — having no interest in sex
• Greek: άφυλος (áfylos) — having no interest in sex
• Greek: άγαμος (ágamos) — having no interest in sex
• Hindi: अलैंगिक (alaiṅgik) — having no interest in sex
• Hungarian: aszexuális — having no interest in sex
• Indonesian: aseksual — having no interest in sex
• Italian: asessuale — having no interest in sex
• Italian: asessuato — having no interest in sex
• Māori: hōkakakore — having no interest in sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: aseksuell — having no interest in sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aseksuell — having no interest in sex
• Persian: ناجنسی (nājensi) — having no interest in sex
• Polish: aseksualny — having no interest in sex
• Portuguese: assexual — having no interest in sex
• Romanian: asexual — having no interest in sex
• Russian: асексуа́льный (aseksuálʹnyj) — having no interest in sex
• Sicilian: asissuali — having no interest in sex
• Sicilian: asissuatu — having no interest in sex
• Slovak: asexuálny — having no interest in sex
• Spanish: asexual — having no interest in sex
• Swedish: asexuell — having no interest in sex
• Turkish: aseksüel — having no interest in sex
• Arabic: لَاجِنْسِيّ (lājinsiyy) — without sexual action
• Arabic: لَاجِنْسِيَّة (lājinsiyya) — without sexual action
• Dutch: aseksueel — without sexual action
• Esperanto: neseksa — without sexual action
• Finnish: suvuton — without sexual action
• French: asexué — without sexual action
• French: asexuel — without sexual action
• Galician: asexual — without sexual action
• Greek: άφυλος (áfylos) — without sexual action
• Greek: άγαμος (ágamos) — without sexual action
• Hungarian: aszexuális — without sexual action
• Hungarian: ivartalan — without sexual action
• Icelandic: kynlaus — without sexual action
• Italian: asessuale — without sexual action
• Italian: asessuato — without sexual action
• Kazakh: асексуалдық (aseksualdyq) — without sexual action
• Manx: neucheintyssagh — without sexual action
• Māori: tōkaikore — without sexual action
• Portuguese: assexual — without sexual action
• Romanian: asexual — without sexual action
• Russian: беспо́лый (bespólyj) — without sexual action
• Sicilian: asissuali — without sexual action
• Sicilian: asissuatu — without sexual action
• Slovak: nesexuálny — without sexual action
• Spanish: asexual — without sexual action
• Tagalog: awansariin — without sexual action
• Turkish: aseksüel — without sexual action
• Belarusian: бяспло́цевы (bjasplócjevy) — having no distinct sex
• Belarusian: бяспо́лы (bjaspóly) — having no distinct sex
• Bulgarian: безпо́лов (bezpólov) — having no distinct sex
• Czech: bezpohlavní — having no distinct sex
• Danish: ukønnet — having no distinct sex
• Danish: aseksuel — having no distinct sex
• Dutch: geslachtloos — having no distinct sex
• Dutch: aseksueel — having no distinct sex
• Esperanto: neseksa — having no distinct sex
• Finnish: sukupuoleton — having no distinct sex
• Finnish: aseksuaalinen — having no distinct sex
• French: asexué — having no distinct sex
• French: asexuel — having no distinct sex
• Galician: asexuado — having no distinct sex
• German: geschlechtslos — having no distinct sex
• Greek: άφυλος (áfylos) — having no distinct sex
• Hungarian: aszexuális — having no distinct sex
• Hungarian: ivartalan — having no distinct sex
• Icelandic: kynlaus — having no distinct sex
• Italian: asessuato — having no distinct sex
• Japanese: 無性の (musei no) — having no distinct sex
• Kazakh: жыныссыз (jynyssyz) — having no distinct sex
• Macedonian: бесполен (bespolen) — having no distinct sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: ukjønnet — having no distinct sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: aseksuell — having no distinct sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ukjønna — having no distinct sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aseksuell — having no distinct sex
• Polish: bezpłciowy — having no distinct sex
• Portuguese: assexuado — having no distinct sex
• Russian: беспо́лый (bespólyj) — having no distinct sex
• Sicilian: asissuatu — having no distinct sex
• Slovak: asexuálny — having no distinct sex
• Slovak: bezpohlavný — having no distinct sex
• Slovak: nepohlavný — having no distinct sex
• Tagalog: asog — having no distinct sex
• Turkish: aseksüel — having no distinct sex
• Ukrainian: безстате́вий (bezstatévyj) — having no distinct sex
• Arabic: لاجِنْسِيّ (lājinsiyy) — biology
• Arabic: لاجنسي — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Polish: aseksualista — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Polish: aseksualistka — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Russian: асексуали́ст (aseksualíst) — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Russian: асексуа́л (aseksuál) — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Spanish: asexual — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Ukrainian: асексуа́л (aseksuál) — a person who does not experience sexual attraction
• Arabic: لَاجِنْسِيّ (lājinsiyy) — something which does not have a sex
• Polish: aseksualista — something which does not have a sex
• Polish: aseksualistka — something which does not have a sex