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Women in relation to men or men in relation to women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
Examples
- The divorce rate for opposite sex marriages is increasing.
- He doesn't believe opposite sex friendships are possible.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
الْجِنْس الْآخَر
(al-jins al-ʔāḵar)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Belarusian:
супрацьле́глы пол
(supracʹljéhly pol)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Bulgarian:
противополо́жен пол
(protivopolóžen pol)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Chinese Mandarin:
異性 /异性
(yìxìng)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Czech:
opačné pohlaví
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Danish:
modsatte køn
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Dutch:
andere geslacht
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Estonian:
astassugupool
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Finnish:
vastakkainen sukupuoli
— the other gender to which one is referring
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French:
sexe opposé
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Galician:
sexo contrario
— the other gender to which one is referring
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German:
anderes Geschlecht
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Italian:
sesso opposto
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Japanese:
異性
(isei)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Korean:
이성
(iseong)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Macedonian:
спро́тивен пол
(sprótiven pol)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Persian:
جنس مخالف
(jens-e moxâlef)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Polish:
płeć przeciwna
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Portuguese:
sexo oposto
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Russian:
противополо́жный пол
(protivopolóžnyj pol)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Serbo-Croatian:
супротни пол
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Serbo-Croatian:
suprotni pol
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Slovak:
opačné pohlavie
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Slovene:
nasprotni spol
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Spanish:
sexo opuesto
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Swedish:
motsatt kön
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Thai:
เพศตรงข้าม
(pâyt dtrong kâam)
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Turkish:
karşı cins
— the other gender to which one is referring
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Ukrainian:
протиле́жна стать
(protyléžna statʹ)
— the other gender to which one is referring