Phrase guide

sex education

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Education about human sexual anatomy, reproduction, and intercourse and other human sexual behavior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sex ed, sexual education

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

sex + education

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: edukim seksual — sex education
  • Arabic: تَرْبِيَة جِنْسِيَّة (tarbiya jinsiyya) — sex education
  • Armenian: սեռական դաստիարակություն (seṙakan dastiarakutʻyun) — sex education
  • Azerbaijani: cinsi təhsil — sex education
  • Belarusian: палава́я асве́та (palavája asvjéta) — sex education
  • Belarusian: палава́я асьве́та (palavája asʹvjéta) — sex education
  • Bengali: যৌনশিক্ষা (jōunośikkha) — sex education
  • Bulgarian: сексуа́лно образова́ние (seksuálno obrazovánie) — sex education
  • Chinese Cantonese: 性教育 (sing3 gaau3 juk6) — sex education
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性教育 (xìngjiàoyù) — sex education
  • Czech: sexuální výchova — sex education
  • Danish: seksualoplysning — sex education
  • Dutch: sexuele voorlichting — sex education
  • Estonian: seksuaalharidus — sex education
  • Finnish: seksuaalikasvatus — sex education
  • French: éducation sexuelle — sex education
  • German: (sexuelle) Aufklärung — sex education
  • German: Sexualkunde — sex education
  • Greek: σεξουαλική αγωγή (sexoualikí agogí) — sex education
  • Hebrew: חינוך מיני \ חִנּוּךְ מִינִי (khinúkh miní) — sex education
  • Hindi: यौन शिक्षा (yaun śikṣā) — sex education
  • Hungarian: sexuális nevelés — sex education
  • Icelandic: kynfræðsla — sex education
  • Italian: educazione sessuale — sex education
  • Japanese: 性教育 (seikyōiku) — sex education
  • Kazakh: жыныстық ағарту (jynystyq ağartu) — sex education
  • Korean: 성교육 (seonggyoyuk) — sex education
  • Lao: ເພດສຶກສາ (phēt sưk sā) — sex education
  • Latvian: dzimumizglītība — sex education
  • Lithuanian: lytinis švietimas — sex education
  • Macedonian: сексуа́лно образование (seksuálno obrazovanie) — sex education
  • Marathi: लैंगिक शिक्षण (laiṅgik śikṣaṇ) — sex education
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksualopplysning — sex education
  • Iranian Persian: آموزِشِ جِنْسی (âmuzeš-e jensi) — sex education
  • Iranian Persian: آموزِشِ مَسائِلِ جِنْسی (âmuzeš-e masâ'el-e jensi) — sex education
  • Polish: edukacja seksualna — sex education
  • Portuguese: educação sexual — sex education
  • Romanian: educație sexuală — sex education
  • Russian: полово́е просвеще́ние (polovóje prosveščénije) — sex education
  • Russian: полово́е воспита́ние (polovóje vospitánije) — sex education
  • Serbo-Croatian: сексуално образовање — sex education
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualno obrazovanje — sex education
  • Slovak: sexuálna výchova — sex education
  • Slovene: spolna vzgoja — sex education
  • Spanish: educación sexual — sex education
  • Swedish: sexualkunskap — sex education
  • Swedish: sex- och samlevnadsundervisning — sex education
  • Swedish: sexualundervisning — sex education
  • Swedish: sexualupplysning — sex education
  • Tagalog: sariing paturuan — sex education
  • Thai: เพศศึกษา (pêet-sʉ̀k-sǎa) — sex education
  • Turkish: seks eğitimi — sex education
  • Turkish: cinsellik eğitimi — sex education
  • Turkish: cinsel eğitim — sex education
  • Ukrainian: сексуа́льна осві́та (seksuálʹna osvíta) — sex education
  • Ukrainian: сексуа́льна просві́та (seksuálʹna prosvíta) — sex education
  • Uzbek: jinsiy tarbiya — sex education
  • Vietnamese: giáo dục giới tính — sex education