adj
Meaning 1
Restricted to members of a single sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a same-sex school
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
same-sex
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, relating to, or between homosexual men or women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Some nations have legalized same-sex marriage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 同性 (tóngxìng) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Finnish: yhden sukupuolen — restricted to members of a single sex
- French: de même sexe — restricted to members of a single sex
- German: gleichen Geschlechts — restricted to members of a single sex
- Greek: ιδίου φύλου (idíou fýlou) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Japanese: 同性の (dōsei no) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Macedonian: еднополов (ednopolov) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Polish: jednopłciowy — restricted to members of a single sex
- Russian: однопо́лый (odnopólyj) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Russian: того́ же по́ла (tovó že póla) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Russian: для лиц одного́ по́ла (dlja lic odnovó póla) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Russian: то́лько для ма́льчиков (tólʹko dlja málʹčikov) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Russian: то́лько для де́вочек (tólʹko dlja dévoček) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Ukrainian: одностате́вий (odnostatévyj) — restricted to members of a single sex
- Chinese Mandarin: 同性 (tóngxìng) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Chinese Mandarin: 同志 (tóngzhì) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Finnish: samaa sukupuolta oleva — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Finnish: samasukupuolinen — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Finnish: homo- — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Georgian: ერთსქესიანთა (ertskesianta) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- German: gleichgeschlechtlich — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Macedonian: истополов (istopolov) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Norwegian Bokmål: likekjønnet — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Polish: homoseksualny — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Russian: гомосексуа́льный (gomosɛksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Russian: однопо́лый (odnopólyj) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Northern Sami: ovttasohkabeallásaš — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Slovak: homosexuálny — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Swahili: jinsia moja — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Swedish: samkönad — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Turkish: eşcinsel — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Ukrainian: одностате́вий (odnostatévyj) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Ukrainian: гомосексуа́льний (homoseksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to homosexual men or women
- Vietnamese: đồng giới — of or relating to homosexual men or women
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