sex
Senso (Inglese)
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- A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
- Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
- The members of such a category, taken collectively.
- The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
- (obsolete) Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
- Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
- (slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
Sinonimi
sensual pleasure
sexual desire
sexual urge
sexual practice
carnal desire
coition
sex activity
sexual activity
sex differences
sexual love
male and female
distinction by sex
sexual organ
sexual attraction
genitory
commixtion
person sex
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/sɛks/
Etimologia (Inglese)
From Middle English sexe (“gender”), from Old French sexe (“genitals; gender”), from Latin sexus (“gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”), from Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”), thus meaning "section, division" (into male and female). Usage for women influenced by Middle French le sexe (“women”) (attested in 1580). Usage for third and additional sexes calqued from French troisième sexe, referring to masculine women in 1817 and homosexuals in 1847. First used by Lord Byron and others in English in reference to Catholic clergy. Usage for sexual intercourse first attested in 1900 (in the writings of H.G. Wells).
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