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The tendency or instinct of animals to engage in sexual activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a physiological need for sexual activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- testosterone is responsible for the male sex drive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: drive
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رَغْبَة جِنْسِيَّة
(raḡba jinsiyya)
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Chinese Mandarin:
性衝動 /性冲动
(xìng chōngdòng)
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Finnish:
sukupuolivietti
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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French:
libido
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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German:
sexuelle Begierde
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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German:
Sexualtrieb
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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German:
Geschlechtstrieb
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Icelandic:
kynhvöt
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Icelandic:
kynlöngun
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Japanese:
性衝動
(seishōdō)
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Latin:
libīdō
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Polish:
popęd płciowy
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Portuguese:
libido
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Russian:
полово́е влече́ние
(polovóje vlečénije)
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Spanish:
libido
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Swedish:
sexualdrift
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Swedish:
könsdrift
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
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Swedish:
sexdrift
— tendency to engage in sexual activity
