noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
UK:/ˌpæn.sɛk.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
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noun
Meaning 1
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English pansexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English pansexuality From pansexual + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
pansexualitate
— sexual orientation
Breton:
hollreizhelezh
— sexual orientation
Bulgarian:
пансексуа́лност
(panseksuálnost)
— sexual orientation
Catalan:
pansexualitat
— sexual orientation
Chinese Mandarin:
全性戀 /全性恋
(quánxìngliàn)
— sexual orientation
Chinese Mandarin:
泛性戀 /泛性恋
(fànxìngliàn)
— sexual orientation
Czech:
pansexualita
— sexual orientation
Danish:
panseksualitet
— sexual orientation
Danish:
omniseksualitet
— sexual orientation
Dutch:
panseksualiteit
— sexual orientation
Esperanto:
ĉiuseksemo
— sexual orientation
Esperanto:
ajnseksemo
— sexual orientation
Finnish:
panseksuaalisuus
— sexual orientation
French:
pansexualité
— sexual orientation
Galician:
pansexualidade
— sexual orientation
Georgian:
პანსექსუალობა
(ṗanseksualoba)
— sexual orientation
German:
Pansexualität
— sexual orientation
Hindi:
सर्वलैंगिकता
(sarvlaiṅgiktā)
— sexual orientation
Hungarian:
pánszexualitás
— sexual orientation
Icelandic:
alkynhneigð
— sexual orientation
Indonesian:
panseksualitas
— sexual orientation
Italian:
pansessualità
— sexual orientation
Japanese:
全性愛
(zenseiai)
— sexual orientation
Korean:
범성애
(beomseong'ae)
— sexual orientation
Norwegian:
panfili
— sexual orientation
Persian:
همهجنسگرایی
(hame-jens-garâyi)
— sexual orientation
Polish:
panseksualizm
— sexual orientation
Portuguese:
pansexualidade
— sexual orientation
Romanian:
pansexualitate
— sexual orientation
Russian:
пансексуа́льность
(pansɛksuálʹnostʹ)
— sexual orientation
Serbo-Croatian:
пансексуалност
— sexual orientation
Serbo-Croatian:
пансексуализам
— sexual orientation
Serbo-Croatian:
panseksualnost
— sexual orientation
Serbo-Croatian:
panseksualizam
— sexual orientation
Slovene:
panseksualizem
— sexual orientation
Spanish:
pansexualidad
— sexual orientation
Swedish:
omnisexualitet
— sexual orientation
Swedish:
pansexualitet
— sexual orientation
Tamil:
அனைத்துப்பாலீர்ப்பு
(aṉaittuppālīrppu)
— sexual orientation
