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Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- My mother distributes condoms and outreach materials to those that do sex work for a living in the Tenderloin and Mission.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
性工作
(xìnggōngzuò)
— job in which sex is involved
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Finnish:
seksityö
— job in which sex is involved
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French:
travail du sexe
— job in which sex is involved
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Georgian:
სექს-სამუშაო
(seks-samušao)
— job in which sex is involved
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Georgian:
სექს-მუშაობა
(seks-mušaoba)
— job in which sex is involved
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Georgian:
სექს-ბიზნესი
(seks-biznesi)
— job in which sex is involved
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Georgian:
სექს-ინდუსტრია
(seks-indusṭria)
— job in which sex is involved
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German:
Sexarbeit
— job in which sex is involved
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Greek:
σεξεργασία
(sexergasía)
— job in which sex is involved
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Hungarian:
szexmunka
— job in which sex is involved
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Ingrian:
nussutöö
— job in which sex is involved
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Polish:
praca seksualna
— job in which sex is involved
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Portuguese:
prostituição
— job in which sex is involved
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Russian:
секс-инду́стрия
(sɛks-indústrija)
— job in which sex is involved
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Russian:
секс-индустри́я
(sɛks-industríja)
— job in which sex is involved
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Russian:
интим-услу́ги
(intim-uslúgi)
— job in which sex is involved
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Russian:
секс-би́знес
(sɛks-bíznɛs)
— job in which sex is involved
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Spanish:
trabajo sexual
— job in which sex is involved
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Swedish:
sexarbete
— job in which sex is involved
