sexy

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksi/
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• Australia, New-Zealand: /ˈseksi/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ˈsɛkse/
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• rhymes with -ɛksi
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 sexusder. Old French sexeder. Middle English sexe English sex Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sexy From sex + -y.

From Latin sex (“six”) + -y, intended as a pun.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: joshës — having sexual appeal
• Albanian: tërheqës — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb) — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy) — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: مُثِير لِلشَّهْوَة (muṯīr li-š-šahwa) — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: سِيكْسِي (seksī) — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb) — having sexual appeal
• Arabic: سِكْسي (siksi) — having sexual appeal
• Armenian: սեքսուալ (sekʻsual) — having sexual appeal
• Armenian: սեքսոտ (sekʻsot) — having sexual appeal
• Bulgarian: се́кси (séksi) — having sexual appeal
• Bulgarian: сексапи́лен (seksapílen) — having sexual appeal
• Chinese Mandarin: 性感 (xìnggǎn) — having sexual appeal
• Danish: sexet — having sexual appeal
• Dutch: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Esperanto: volupta — having sexual appeal
• Esperanto: amorveka — having sexual appeal
• Estonian: seksikas — having sexual appeal
• Finnish: seksikäs — having sexual appeal
• French: sexy — having sexual appeal
• German: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Greek: σέξι (séxi) — having sexual appeal
• Hebrew: סקסי (seksi) — having sexual appeal
• Hindi: सेक्सी (seksī) — having sexual appeal
• Hungarian: szexi — having sexual appeal
• Icelandic: sexí — having sexual appeal
• Icelandic: kynþokkafullur — having sexual appeal
• Icelandic: kynæsandi — having sexual appeal
• Indonesian: seksi — having sexual appeal
• Irish: gnéasúil — having sexual appeal
• Irish: mealltach — having sexual appeal
• Italian: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Japanese: セクシー (sekushī) — having sexual appeal
• Japanese: 色っぽい (iroppoi) — having sexual appeal
• Khmer: សិចស៊ី (səcsii) — having sexual appeal
• Korean: 섹시 (seksi) — having sexual appeal
• Korean: 섹시하다 (seksihada) — having sexual appeal
• Macedonian: сексапи́лен (seksapílen) — having sexual appeal
• Macedonian: се́кси (séksi) — having sexual appeal
• Māori: karihika — having sexual appeal
• Marathi: सेक्सी (seksī) — having sexual appeal
• Mongolian: тачаангуй (tačaanguj) — having sexual appeal
• Mongolian: секси (seksi) — having sexual appeal
• Norwegian: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Norwegian: kjønnslig — having sexual appeal
• Norwegian: seksuell — having sexual appeal
• Persian: جذاب (jazzâb) — having sexual appeal
• Persian: سکسی (seksi) — having sexual appeal
• Portuguese: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Portuguese: sensual — having sexual appeal
• Romanian: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Romanian: sexos — having sexual appeal
• Russian: сексуа́льный (sɛksuálʹnyj) — having sexual appeal
• Russian: се́кси (sɛ́ksi) — having sexual appeal
• Russian: сексапи́льный (sɛksapílʹnyj) — having sexual appeal
• Sanskrit: शृङ्गारिन् (śṛṅgārin) — having sexual appeal
• Slovak: sexi — having sexual appeal
• Spanish: sexy — having sexual appeal
• Swedish: sexig — having sexual appeal
• Tagalog: seksi — having sexual appeal
• Thai: เซ็กซี่ (séksêe) — having sexual appeal
• Tibetan: འདོད་ཆགས་སློང་མཁན ('dod chags slong mkhan) — having sexual appeal
• Turkish: seksi — having sexual appeal
• Ottoman Turkish: سكسی (seksi) — having sexual appeal
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льний (seksuálʹnyj) — having sexual appeal
• Unami: ahoxahkësi — having sexual appeal
• Vietnamese: quyến rũ — having sexual appeal
• Vietnamese: cuốn hút — having sexual appeal
• Vietnamese: hấp dẫn — having sexual appeal
• Danish: sexet — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Dutch: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Finnish: seksikäs — slang: very attractive or appealing
• French: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• German: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Māori: whakahiamo — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Norwegian: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Portuguese: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Portuguese: sensual — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Romanian: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Russian: се́кси (sɛ́ksi) — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Russian: сексапи́льный (sɛksapílʹnyj) — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Sanskrit: काम्य (kāmya) — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Spanish: sexy — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Swedish: sexig — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Turkish: dehşet — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Turkish: efsane — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Turkish: ilik gibi — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Ukrainian: се́ксі (séksi) — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Vietnamese: hấp dẫn — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Vietnamese: gợi cảm — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Vietnamese: hở hang — slang: very attractive or appealing
• Vietnamese: gợi dục — slang: very attractive or appealing