sex

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , from , thus meaning "section, division" (into male and female).

Usage for influenced by 🇨🇬 (attested in 1580). Usage for third and additional sexes calqued from 🇨🇬, 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 first attested in 1900 (in the writings of H.G. Wells).

Noun

 * 1)  A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
 * 2)  Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
 * 3)  The members of such a category, taken collectively.
 * 4)  The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
 * 5)  Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
 * 6)  Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
 * 7) * 1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
 * (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex
 * 1) * 1962 June 7, The Listener, 1006/2:
 * Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?
 * 1)  Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
 * 1)  The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
 * 2)  Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
 * 3)  Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
 * 4) * 1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
 * (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex
 * 1) * 1962 June 7, The Listener, 1006/2:
 * Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?
 * 1)  Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
 * 1) * 1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
 * (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex
 * 1) * 1962 June 7, The Listener, 1006/2:
 * Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?
 * 1)  Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
 * Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?
 * 1)  Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
 * 1)  Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:copulation
 * See also Thesaurus:copulation

Hypernyms

 * See 

Hyponyms

 * See male and female
 * See bigender, transgender, genderless, intersex, genderfluid, homosexual, eunuch
 * See clergy

Verb

 * 1)  To determine the sex of (an animal).
 * 2)  To have sex with.
 * 3)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex with.
 * 2)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 1)  To have sex.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  (sexual intercourse)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  Sexual intercourse,.

Usage notes

 * Certain magazines use instead of, since the correct spelling is regarded more neutral and official, and the other more exciting.

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1) six

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * , sexual intercourse

Etymology
From, from , from.

Numeral

 * 1) six

Alternative forms

 * Symbol: VI,

Etymology
From, from.

Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬).

Numeral

 * 1)  six; 6

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
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Etymology
From.

Numeral

 * 1)  six

Noun

 * , Bible (Wycliffite), Genesis, Chapter vi, Verse 19:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- Of all þingez hauyng soule of eny flesch: two þou schalt brynge in to þe ark, þat male sex & female

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 3
From, alternative form of.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  (sexual intercourse)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  (sexual intercourse)

Etymology
From.

Descendants

 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde:
 * Helgoland:
 * Sylt:

Etymology
From, whence also 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. Ultimately from, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  six

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  six

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) gender,
 * , sexual intercourse

Usage notes

 * The common plural form is ; is regional.

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) sex (intercourse, sexual activity)

Etymology 1
,, from , from , from.

Numeral

 * 1)  six

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  (intercourse, sexual activity)

Etymology
, from, from ; see modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) shop, section (of a factory)