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sexologist

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sex Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English sexologist From sex + -ologist.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَالِم اَلْجِنْس (ʕālim al-jins) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Catalan: sexòleg — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Catalan: sexòloga — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性學家 /性学家 (xìngxuéjiā) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Czech: sexuolog — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Czech: sexuoložka — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Dutch: seksuoloog — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Dutch: seksuologe — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Finnish: seksologi — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • French: sexologue — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Galician: sexólogo — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Galician: sexóloga — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexologe — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexologin — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualforscher — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualforscherin — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualwissenschaftler — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualwissenschaftlerin — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Greek: σεξολόγος (sexológos) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Hungarian: szexológus — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Italian: sessuologo — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Italian: sessuologa — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Khmer: ភេទវិទូ (phet vi too) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Macedonian: сексоло́г (seksológ) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Mongolian: сексологич (seksologič) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Portuguese: sexólogo — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Portuguese: sexóloga — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Portuguese: sexologista — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Russian: сексо́лог (seksólog) — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Slovak: sexuológ — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Slovak: sexuologička — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Spanish: sexólogo — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Spanish: sexóloga — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
  • Swedish: sexolog — someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality