Phrase guide

sex worker

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عامل بالجنس — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Arabic: عاملة بالجنس — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Bengali: যৌনকর্মী (jōunokormi) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Catalan: treballador sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Catalan: treballadora sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性工作者 (xìnggōngzuòzhě) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Danish: sexarbejder — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Dutch: sekswerker — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Esperanto: sekslaboristo — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Esperanto: amoristo — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Esperanto: amoristino — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Finnish: seksityöntekijä — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • French: travailleur du sexe — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • French: travailleuse du sexe — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Georgian: სექს-მუშაკი (seks-mušaḳi) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • German: Sexarbeiter — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • German: Sexarbeiterin — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Greek: σεξεργάτης (sexergátis) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Greek: σεξεργάτρια (sexergátria) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Hindi: सेक्स वर्कर (seks varkar) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Hungarian: szexmunkás — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Irish: oibrí gnéis — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Japanese: セックスワーカー (sekkusu wākā) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Korean: 성 근로자 (seong geulloja) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Polish: pracownik seksualny — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Polish: sex worker — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Polish: pracownica seksualna — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Polish: sex workerka — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Portuguese: trabalhador sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Romanian: lucrător sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Romanian: lucrătoare sexuală — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Russian: рабо́тник се́кс-би́знеса (rabótnik sɛ́ks-bíznɛsa) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Russian: рабо́тница се́кс-би́знеса (rabótnica sɛ́ks-bíznɛsa) — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualni radnik — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualna radnica — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Spanish: trabajadora sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Spanish: trabajador sexual — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Spanish: sexoservidora — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Spanish: sexoservidor — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Swedish: sexarbetare — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Turkish: seks işçisi — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Vietnamese: gái mại dâm — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Vietnamese: gái làm tiền — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Vietnamese: gái điếm — person who supplies sexual services for money
  • Vietnamese: gái đứng đường — person who supplies sexual services for money