sexual

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɛk.ʃuː.əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɛk.sju.əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɛks.jəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation, dated: /sɛk.θju.əl/
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• General-American: /sɛk.ʃu.əl/
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• General-American: /sɛk.ʃəl/
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• rhymes with -ɛkʃuːəl
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• rhymes with -ɛksjuːəl
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) — of or relating to having sex
• Armenian: սեռական (seṙakan) — of or relating to having sex
• Azerbaijani: cinsi — of or relating to having sex
• Belarusian: пло́цевы (plócjevy) — of or relating to having sex
• Belarusian: сэксуа́льны (seksuálʹny) — of or relating to having sex
• Belarusian: палавы́ (palavý) — of or relating to having sex
• Bulgarian: сексуа́лен (seksuálen) — of or relating to having sex
• Bulgarian: по́лов (pólov) — of or relating to having sex
• Catalan: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Chinese Mandarin: 性的 (xìng de) — of or relating to having sex
• Czech: pohlavní — of or relating to having sex
• Czech: sexuální — of or relating to having sex
• Danish: seksuel — of or relating to having sex
• Dutch: seksueel — of or relating to having sex
• Esperanto: seksa — of or relating to having sex
• Esperanto: amora — of or relating to having sex
• Estonian: sugu- — of or relating to having sex
• Estonian: seksuaalne — of or relating to having sex
• Faroese: kynsligur — of or relating to having sex
• Finnish: sukupuolinen — of or relating to having sex
• Finnish: seksuaalinen — of or relating to having sex
• French: sexuel — of or relating to having sex
• Galician: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Georgian: სექსუალური (seksualuri) — of or relating to having sex
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (sexoualikós) — of or relating to having sex
• Ancient Greek: ἀφροδίσιος (aphrodísios) — of or relating to having sex
• Hebrew: מִינִי (miní) — of or relating to having sex
• Hungarian: ivaros — of or relating to having sex
• Indonesian: seksual — of or relating to having sex
• Italian: sessuale — of or relating to having sex
• Japanese: 性的 (seiteki) — of or relating to having sex
• Kazakh: жыныстық (jynystyq) — of or relating to having sex
• Korean: 성적인 (seongjeog-in) — of or relating to having sex
• Korean: 성의 (seong-ui) — of or relating to having sex
• Latin: sexualis — of or relating to having sex
• Macedonian: полов (polov) — of or relating to having sex
• Macedonian: сексуа́лен (seksuálen) — of or relating to having sex
• Malayalam: ലൈംഗിക (laiṅgika) — of or relating to having sex
• Maltese: sesswali — of or relating to having sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: seksuell — of or relating to having sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuell — of or relating to having sex
• Occitan: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Pashto: جنسي (jinsi) — of or relating to having sex
• Iranian Persian: جِنْسی (jensi) — of or relating to having sex
• Polish: płciowy — of or relating to having sex
• Polish: seksualny — of or relating to having sex
• Portuguese: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Romanian: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Russian: полово́й (polovój) — of or relating to having sex
• Russian: сексуа́льный (sɛksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to having sex
• Northern Sami: seksuála — of or relating to having sex
• Serbo-Croatian: се̏ксуа̄лан — of or relating to having sex
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅksuālan — of or relating to having sex
• Slovak: pohlavný — of or relating to having sex
• Slovak: sexuálny — of or relating to having sex
• Slovene: seksualen — of or relating to having sex
• Slovene: spolen — of or relating to having sex
• Spanish: sexual — of or relating to having sex
• Swedish: sexuell — of or relating to having sex
• Swedish: sex- — of or relating to having sex
• Tajik: ҷинсӣ (jinsi) — of or relating to having sex
• Ukrainian: стате́вий (statévyj) — of or relating to having sex
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льний (seksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to having sex
• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Armenian: սեռային (seṙayin) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Belarusian: пло́цевы (plócjevy) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Belarusian: палавы́ (palavý) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Bulgarian: по́лов (pólov) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Catalan: sexual — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Czech: pohlavní — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Czech: sexuální — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Danish: køns- — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Danish: kønslig — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Estonian: sugu- — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Faroese: kynsligur — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Finnish: sukupuolinen — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Finnish: sukupuoli- — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Ancient Greek: γενετήσιος (genetḗsios) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Hungarian: nemi — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Hungarian: szexuális — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Icelandic: kynferðisleg — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Indonesian: seksual — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Macedonian: полов (polov) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Pashto: جنسي (jinsi) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Iranian Persian: جِنْسی (jensi) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Polish: płciowy — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Portuguese: sexuado — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Romanian: sexual — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Russian: полово́й (polovój) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Serbo-Croatian: се̏ксуа̄лан — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅksuālan — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Slovak: pohlavný — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Slovene: spolen — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Swahili: kijinsia — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Swedish: sexuell — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Swedish: könlig — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Swedish: köns- — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Ukrainian: стате́вий (statévyj) — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Vietnamese: tình dục — of or relating to the sex of an organism
• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) — of or relating to sexuality
• Armenian: սեռական (seṙakan) — of or relating to sexuality
• Catalan: sexual — of or relating to sexuality
• Czech: pohlavní — of or relating to sexuality
• Czech: sexuální — of or relating to sexuality
• Dutch: seksueel — of or relating to sexuality
• Faroese: kynsligur — of or relating to sexuality
• Finnish: sukupuolinen — of or relating to sexuality
• Finnish: seksuaalinen — of or relating to sexuality
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (sexoualikós) — of or relating to sexuality
• Ancient Greek: ἀφροδίσιος (aphrodísios) — of or relating to sexuality
• Hungarian: nemi — of or relating to sexuality
• Hungarian: szexuális — of or relating to sexuality
• Ido: sexuala — of or relating to sexuality
• Japanese: 性的 (seiteki) — of or relating to sexuality
• Macedonian: сексуа́лен (seksuálen) — of or relating to sexuality
• Malay: seksual — of or relating to sexuality
• Malayalam: ലൈംഗിക (laiṅgika) — of or relating to sexuality
• Maltese: sesswali — of or relating to sexuality
• Norwegian Bokmål: seksuell — of or relating to sexuality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuell — of or relating to sexuality
• Pashto: جنسي (jinsi) — of or relating to sexuality
• Iranian Persian: جِنْسی (jensi) — of or relating to sexuality
• Polish: seksualny — of or relating to sexuality
• Portuguese: sexual — of or relating to sexuality
• Romanian: sexual — of or relating to sexuality
• Russian: полово́й (polovój) — of or relating to sexuality
• Russian: сексуа́льный (sɛksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to sexuality
• Scottish Gaelic: gnèitheach — of or relating to sexuality
• Serbo-Croatian: се̏ксуа̄лан — of or relating to sexuality
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅksuālan — of or relating to sexuality
• Slovak: sexuálny — of or relating to sexuality
• Slovene: seksualen — of or relating to sexuality
• Swedish: sexuell — of or relating to sexuality
• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Danish: seksuel — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Greek: σεξουαλικός (sexoualikós) — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Iranian Persian: جِنْسی (jensi) — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Portuguese: sexual — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Russian: сексуа́льный (sɛksuálʹnyj) — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
• Slovak: sexuálny — of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences