sexuality

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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 sexuālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās New Latin sexuālitāslbor. English sexuality Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Bulgarian: сексуа́лност (seksuálnost) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Bulgarian: по́ловост (pólovost) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Catalan: sexualitat — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Chinese Mandarin: 性別 /性别 (xìngbié) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Danish: seksualitet — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Estonian: seksuaalsus — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Finnish: seksuaalisuus — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Finnish: sukupuolisuus — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Finnish: seksualiteetti — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• German: Sexualität — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Greek: σεξουαλικότητα (sexoualikótita) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Hungarian: szexualitás — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Indonesian: seks — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Japanese: 性別 (seibetsu) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Japanese: セクシュアリティ (sekushuariti) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Korean: 성별 (seongbyeol) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Malayalam: ലൈംഗികത (laiṅgikata) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: seksualitet — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: sex — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seksualitet — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Polish: seksualność — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Portuguese: sexualidade — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Romanian: sexualitate — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Russian: разли́чие поло́в (razlíčije polóv) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Russian: пол (pol) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Northern Sami: seksualitehta — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Slovak: sexualita — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Swedish: sexualitet — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Tagalog: pagkasariin — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Telugu: లైంగికత (laiṅgikata) — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Welsh: rhywioldeb — that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
• Asturian: sexualidá — sexual activity
• Bulgarian: сексуалност (seksualnost) — sexual activity
• Catalan: sexualitat — sexual activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 性活動 /性活动 — sexual activity
• Dutch: sexualiteit — sexual activity
• Finnish: seksi — sexual activity
• French: sexualité — sexual activity
• Galician: sexualidade — sexual activity
• German: Sexualität — sexual activity
• Irish: collaíocht — sexual activity
• Malayalam: ലൈംഗികത (laiṅgikata) — sexual activity
• Polish: seksualność — sexual activity
• Portuguese: sexualidade — sexual activity
• Romanian: sexualitate — sexual activity
• Russian: сексуа́льная акти́вность (sɛksuálʹnaja aktívnostʹ) — sexual activity
• Northern Sami: seaksa — sexual activity
• Slovak: sex — sexual activity
• Slovak: sexualita — sexual activity
• Spanish: sexualidad — sexual activity
• Arabic: جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Asturian: sexualidá — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Belarusian: сэксуа́льнасць (seksuálʹnascʹ) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Bengali: যৌনতা (jōunota) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Bulgarian: сексуа́лност (seksuálnost) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Catalan: sexualitat — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 性慾 /性欲 (xìngyù) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Dutch: sexualiteit — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Esperanto: seksemo — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Finnish: seksuaalisuus — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Finnish: seksualiteetti — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• French: sexualité — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Galician: sexualidade — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• German: Sexualität — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Hebrew: מִינִיּוּת (miniyút) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Hungarian: szexualitás — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Hungarian: nemiség — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Italian: sessualità — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Japanese: 性欲 (seiyoku) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Korean: 성욕 (seong'yok) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Latvian: seksualitāte — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Malayalam: ലൈംഗികത (laiṅgikata) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Maltese: sesswalità — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Māori: hōkakatanga — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Polish: seksualność — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Portuguese: sexualidade — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Romanian: sexualitate — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Russian: сексуа́льность (sɛksuálʹnostʹ) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Slovak: sexualita — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Spanish: sexualidad — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льність (seksuálʹnistʹ) — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Vietnamese: tình dục — concern with or interest in sexual activity
• Bulgarian: потентност (potentnost) — sexual potency
• Catalan: potència sexual — sexual potency
• Catalan: virilitat — sexual potency
• Finnish: potenssi — sexual potency
• Finnish: kyky — sexual potency
• Polish: seksualność — sexual potency
• Romanian: sexualitate — sexual potency
• Romanian: virilitate — sexual potency
• Russian: полова́я поте́нция (polovája potɛ́ncija) — sexual potency
• Arabic: جِنْس (jins) — sexual identity
• Arabic: هُوِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة — sexual identity
• Catalan: sexe — sexual identity
• Catalan: gènere — sexual identity
• Catalan: identitat sexual — sexual identity
• Chinese Mandarin: 性別 /性别 (xìngbié) — sexual identity
• Finnish: sukupuoli-identiteetti — sexual identity
• Finnish: sukupuolinen identiteetti — sexual identity
• French: sexe — sexual identity
• French: sexualité — sexual identity
• German: Geschlecht — sexual identity
• German: Geschlechtlichkeit — sexual identity
• Greek: σεξουαλικότητα (sexoualikótita) — sexual identity
• Japanese: 性別 (seibetsu) — sexual identity
• Korean: 성별 (seongbyeol) — sexual identity
• Marathi: लैंगिक अस्मिता (Laingink Asmita) — sexual identity
• Polish: seksualność — sexual identity
• Romanian: identitate sexuală — sexual identity
• Russian: полова́я иденти́чность (polovája idɛntíčnostʹ) — sexual identity
• Russian: пол (pol) — sexual identity
• Swedish: sexuell identitet — sexual identity