fair sex

Alternative forms

 * the

Noun

 * 1)  Women collectively.

Usage notes

 * In contemporary usage, this term may be regarded by some as patronizing toward women, though it was not originally intended thus.

Translations

 * Armenian: գեղեցիկ սեռ
 * Bashkir: гүзәл зат
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: slabé pohlaví, něžné pohlaví,
 * Danish: det smukke køn
 * Dutch: het schone geslacht, het zwakke geslacht
 * Finnish: kauniimpi sukupuoli
 * French:, ,
 * German: schönes Geschlecht, schwaches Geschlecht
 * Greek:, αδύνατο φύλο, ωραίο φύλο, αδύναμο φύλο
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: gyengébb nem
 * Irish: cineál baineann, cineál banda
 * Italian: gentil sesso, sesso debole
 * Japanese: フェアセックス
 * Kannada: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: нежен пол
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: det smukke kjønn
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: sexo débil, bello sexo
 * Swedish:, det svaga könet
 * Tamil:, , ,
 * Turkish: ,