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sex shop

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A shop that sells sex toys, erotic lingerie, pornography etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَحَلّ اَلْجِنْس (maḥall al-jins) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Arabic: سِيكْس شُوب (siks šub) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Belarusian: сэкс-шо́п (seks-šóp) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性商店 (xìngshāngdiàn) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性用品商店 (xìngyòngpǐn shāngdiàn) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成人用品店 (chéngrén yòngpǐn diàn) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Finnish: seksikauppa — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • French: sex-shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • French: boutique porno — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • French: érothèque — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • West-Frisian: seksshop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • German: Sexshop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Hindi: सेक्स दुकान (seks dukān) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Hindi: सेक्स शॉप (seks śŏp) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Italian: sexy-shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Japanese: セックスショップ (sekkusushoppu) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Japanese: ポルノショップ (porunoshoppu) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Korean: 포르노가게 (poreunogage) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Korean: 섹스샵 (sekseusyap) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Korean: 성인용품점 (seong'inyongpumjeom) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Maltese: ħanut tan-nejk — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Polish: sex shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Portuguese: sex shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Russian: секс-шо́п (seks-šóp) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Spanish: sex shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Swedish: sexbutik — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Thai: ร้านค้าเพศ (ráan-káa pâyt) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Ukrainian: секс-шо́п (seks-šóp) — shop that sells sexual merchandise
  • Vietnamese: sex shop — shop that sells sexual merchandise