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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈjuːnɪsɛks/
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General-American:
/ˈjunəˌsɛks/
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CMU ARPABET:
Y UW1 N IH0 S EH2 K S
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Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: epicene, genderless, gender-neutral, nongendered, omnigender, synoecious, ungendered, unisexual
Antonyms: gendered
Of or pertaining to only one sex or gender; unisexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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The state of not being distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; the state of being suitable for any sex or gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not distinguished on the basis of sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From uni- (prefix meaning ‘one, single’) + sex.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Chinese Mandarin :
男女不分的
(nánnǚ bùfēn de)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Chinese Mandarin :
男女兩用的 /男女两用的
(nánnǚ liǎng yòng de)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Dutch :
uniseks
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Dutch :
geslachtloos
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Finnish :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Finnish :
molemmille sukupuolille sopiva
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Finnish :
sukupuolineutraali
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
French :
unisexe
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
French :
épicène
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
French :
unigenre
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Galician :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Galician :
epiceno
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Georgian :
ერთსქესიანი
(ertskesiani)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
German :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
German :
geschlechtsneutral
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Hebrew :
יוניסקס
(yúniseks)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Hungarian :
uniszex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Indonesian :
uniseks
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Italian :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Italian :
bisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Italian :
epiceno
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Italian :
monosessuale
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Japanese :
ユニセックス
(yunisekkusu)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Japanese :
男女兼用
(danjo ken'yō)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Japanese :
男女両用
(danjo ryōyō)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Korean :
유니섹스
(yunisekseu)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Portuguese :
unissex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Portuguese :
unissexo
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Portuguese :
epiceno
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Romanian :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Russian :
юнисе́кс
(juniséks)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Russian :
унисе́кс
(uniséks)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Russian :
го́дный для лиц обоего пола́
(gódnyj dlja lic obojevo polá)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Russian :
неразличимый по полу
(nerazličimyj po polu)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Spanish :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Spanish :
epiceno
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Swedish :
unisex
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Swedish :
könsneutral
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Turkish :
üniseks
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Ukrainian :
юнісекс
(juniseks)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Ukrainian :
унісекс
(uniseks)
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Welsh :
neillrywiol
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Welsh :
neillryw
— not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender
Japanese :
ユニセックス
(yunisekkusu)
— state of not being distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; state of being suitable for any sex or gender
Welsh :
neillrywiaeth
— state of not being distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; state of being suitable for any sex or gender