Phrase guide

have sex

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To engage in sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To engage in any sexual act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Two Eagles fans were arrested for having sex in the restroom stall.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

have sexual intercourse with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple

Narrower terms: take, have, fornicate

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bëj seks — take part in a sexual act
  • Chungli Ao: medem — take part in a sexual act
  • Armenian: սեքսով զբաղվել (sekʻsov zbaġvel) — take part in a sexual act
  • Armenian: լկստվել (lkstvel) — take part in a sexual act
  • Belarusian: займа́цца сэ́ксам (zajmácca séksam) — take part in a sexual act
  • Belarusian: займа́цца каха́ннем (zajmácca kaxánnjem) — take part in a sexual act
  • Bulgarian: правя секс (pravja seks) — take part in a sexual act
  • Burmese: လိင်ဆက်ဆံ (linghcakhcam) — take part in a sexual act
  • Catalan: fer l'amor — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Cantonese: 扑嘢 (bok1 je5) — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Cantonese: 做愛 /做爱 (zou6 oi3) — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行房 — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Mandarin: 做愛 /做爱 (zuò'ài) — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性交 (xìngjiāo) — take part in a sexual act
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行房 (xíngfáng) — take part in a sexual act
  • Czech: souložit — take part in a sexual act
  • Danish: ha sex — take part in a sexual act
  • Danish: dyrke sex — take part in a sexual act
  • Dutch: seks hebben — take part in a sexual act
  • Dutch: vrijen — take part in a sexual act
  • Dutch: neuken — take part in a sexual act
  • Esperanto: seksumi — take part in a sexual act
  • Estonian: seksima — take part in a sexual act
  • Finnish: rakastella — take part in a sexual act
  • French: avoir des relations sexuelles — take part in a sexual act
  • French: baiser — take part in a sexual act
  • French: faire l'amour — take part in a sexual act
  • Georgian: სექსის ქონა (seksis kona) — take part in a sexual act
  • German: Sex haben — take part in a sexual act
  • Greek: κάνω σεξ (káno sex) — take part in a sexual act
  • Greek: συνουσιάζομαι (synousiázomai) — take part in a sexual act
  • Greek: συνευρίσκομαι (synevrískomai) — take part in a sexual act
  • Ancient Greek: συνουσιάζω (sunousiázō) — take part in a sexual act
  • Hindi: मैथुन करना (maithun karnā) — take part in a sexual act
  • Hindi: संभोग करना (sambhog karnā) — take part in a sexual act
  • Hungarian: szexel — take part in a sexual act
  • Hungarian: szeretkezik — take part in a sexual act
  • Hungarian: szerelmeskedik — take part in a sexual act
  • Hungarian: közösül — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: sofa saman — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: stunda kynlíf — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: rekkja með — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: njóta ásta — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: hafa kynferðislegt samræði — take part in a sexual act
  • Icelandic: njóta kynferðislegs samræðis — take part in a sexual act
  • Italian: fare sesso — take part in a sexual act
  • Italian: fare l'amore — take part in a sexual act
  • Jamaican Creole: jook — take part in a sexual act
  • Japanese: はめ倒す (hametaosu) — take part in a sexual act
  • Japanese: 嵌める (hameru) — take part in a sexual act
  • Japanese: セックスをする (sekkusu o suru) — take part in a sexual act
  • Japanese: 性交する (seikō suru) — take part in a sexual act
  • Japanese: エッチする (etchi suru) — take part in a sexual act
  • Khmer: រួមភេទ (ruəm pheit) — take part in a sexual act
  • Korean: 성교하다 (seonggyohada) — take part in a sexual act
  • Korean: 섹스하다 (sekseuhada) — take part in a sexual act
  • Lao: ຮ່ວມເພດ (hūam phēt) — take part in a sexual act
  • Latin: concumbō — take part in a sexual act
  • Latin: coeō — take part in a sexual act
  • Macedonian: има секс (ima seks) — take part in a sexual act
  • Malay: berasmara — take part in a sexual act
  • Malay: bersenggama — take part in a sexual act
  • Malay: bersanggama — take part in a sexual act
  • Malay: beramput — take part in a sexual act
  • Māori: pororua — take part in a sexual act
  • Marathi: संभोग करणे (sambhog karṇe) — take part in a sexual act
  • Marathi: सेक्स करणे (seksa karṇe) — take part in a sexual act
  • Mongolian: хурьцах (xurʹcax) — take part in a sexual act
  • Nepali: चिक्नु (ciknu) — take part in a sexual act
  • Norwegian: ligge sammen — take part in a sexual act
  • Norwegian: ha sex — take part in a sexual act
  • Norwegian: samleie — take part in a sexual act
  • Persian: همبستر شدن (ham-bastar šodan) — take part in a sexual act
  • Polish: uprawiać seks — take part in a sexual act
  • Portuguese: transar — take part in a sexual act
  • Portuguese: fazer sexo — take part in a sexual act
  • Portuguese: fazer amor — take part in a sexual act
  • Romanian: face sex — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: занима́ться се́ксом (zanimátʹsja sɛ́ksom) — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: заня́ться се́ксом (zanjátʹsja sɛ́ksom) — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: занима́ться любо́вью (zanimátʹsja ljubóvʹju) — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: заня́ться любо́вью (zanjátʹsja ljubóvʹju) — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: сноша́ться (snošátʹsja) — take part in a sexual act
  • Russian: совокупля́ться (sovokupljátʹsja) — take part in a sexual act
  • Sanskrit: यभति (yabhati) — take part in a sexual act
  • Scots: hae houghmagandie — take part in a sexual act
  • Serbo-Croatian: imati seks — take part in a sexual act
  • Serbo-Croatian: имати секс — take part in a sexual act
  • Slovak: sexovať — take part in a sexual act
  • Slovak: súložiť — take part in a sexual act
  • Slovene: séksati — take part in a sexual act
  • Spanish: tener sexo — take part in a sexual act
  • Spanish: hacer el amor — take part in a sexual act
  • Swedish: ha sex — take part in a sexual act
  • Thai: มีเพศสัมพันธ์ (mii pêet sǎm-pan) — take part in a sexual act
  • Thai: ประเวณี (bprà-wee-nii) — take part in a sexual act
  • Thai: หลับนอน (làp-nɔɔn) — take part in a sexual act
  • Thai: ร่วมเพศ (rûuam-pêet) — take part in a sexual act
  • Turkish: seks yapmak — take part in a sexual act
  • Turkish: sikişmek — take part in a sexual act
  • Ukrainian: займа́тися се́ксом (zajmátysja séksom) — take part in a sexual act
  • Ukrainian: займа́тися коха́нням (zajmátysja koxánnjam) — take part in a sexual act
  • Ukrainian: зляга́тися (zljahátysja) — take part in a sexual act
  • Urdu: میتھن کرنا (maithun karnā) — take part in a sexual act
  • Vietnamese: giao cấu — take part in a sexual act
  • Vietnamese: làm tình — take part in a sexual act
  • Zazaki: seks kerden — take part in a sexual act