Phrase guide

oral sex

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Stimulation of another person's genitals or anus using the mouth, lips, and/or tongue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

oral stimulation of the genitals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they say he gives good head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perversion, sexual perversion

Narrower terms: cunnilingus, cunnilinctus, fellatio, fellation, soixante-neuf, sixty-nine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: orale seks — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Arabic: جِنْس فَمَوِيّ (jins famawiyy) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Belarusian: ара́льны сэкс (arálʹny seks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Bulgarian: ора́лен секс (orálen seks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口交 (kǒujiāo) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Czech: orální sex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Czech: kuřba — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Danish: oralsex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Dutch: orale seks — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Dutch: hoofd — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Esperanto: buŝa seksumado — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Finnish: suuseksi — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Finnish: oraaliseksi — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • French: sexe oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Galician: sexo oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Georgian: ორალური სექსი (oraluri seksi) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • German: Oralverkehr — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • German: Oralsex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Greek: στοματικός έρωτας (stomatikós érotas) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Greek: στοματικό σεξ (stomatikó sex) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Gujarati: મુખ મૈથુન (mukh maithun) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Hebrew: מין אוראלי (min orali) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Hebrew: סקס אוראלי (seks orali) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Hindi: मुखाभिगम (mukhābhigam) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Hindi: मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Icelandic: munnmök — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Indonesian: seks oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Irish: gnéas béil — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Italian: sesso orale — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Japanese: 口内性交 (kōnai seikō) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Japanese: オーラルセックス (ōrarusekkusu) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Korean: 구강 성교 (gugang seonggyo) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Korean: 오럴 섹스 (oreol sekseu) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Lithuanian: oralinis seksas — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Macedonian: орален секс (oralen seks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Manx: keintys beill — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Marathi: मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Mongolian: аман секс (aman seks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Norwegian: oralsex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Norwegian: munnsex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Persian: سکس دهنی (seks-e dahani) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Polish: seks oralny — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Polish: oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Portuguese: sexo oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Romanian: sex oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Russian: ора́льный секс (orálʹnyj sɛks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Samogitian: oralėnės seksos — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: орални секс — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: oralni seks — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Slovak: orálny sex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Slovene: oralni seks — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Spanish: sexo oral — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Swahili: ngono ya mdomo — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Swedish: oralsex — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Tamil: வாய்வழிப் பாலுறவு (vāyvaḻip pāluṟavu) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Thai: ออรัลเซ็กซ์ (or-ran sék) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Thai: การร่วมเพศทางปาก (gaan-rûam-pâyt taang bpàak) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Ukrainian: ора́льний секс (orálʹnyj seks) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Urdu: مکھابھگم (mukhābhigam) — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Venetan: bocchettatto — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Vietnamese: làm tình bằng miệng — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Vietnamese: tình dục đường miệng — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth
  • Vietnamese: khẩu giao — stimulation of the genitals using the mouth