Phrase guide

sex life

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsɛksˌlaɪf/
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noun

Meaning 1

That part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1900 January 27, Swami Vivekananda, My Life And Mission, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 8: Lectures And Discourses, But I cannot live the sex life, although I have married you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 性生活 (xìngshēnghuó) — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Danish: sexliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Danish: kønsliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Faroese: kynslív — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Finnish: sukupuolielämä — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Finnish: seksielämä — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • French: vie sexuelle — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Galician: vida sexual — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • German: Liebesleben — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • German: Sexleben — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Icelandic: kynlíf — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Irish: saol gnéis — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Japanese: 性生活 (seiseikatsu) — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Lithuanian: lytinis gyvenimas — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Manx: bea cheintyssagh — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sexliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksualliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sexliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seksualliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Polish: życie seksualne — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Polish: życie płciowe — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Portuguese: vida sexual — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Russian: сексуа́льная жизнь (sɛksuálʹnaja žiznʹ) — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Spanish: vida sexual — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Swedish: sexliv — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Turkish: cinsel yaşam — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Turkish: cinsel hayat — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity
  • Turkish: seks hayatı — part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity