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sex·u·al

(sĕk′sho͞o-əl)

adj.

1. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of sex or sexuality, or the sex organs and their functions: sexual partners; sexual fantasies; sexual dysfunction.

2. Relating to the sexes or to gender: sexual politics.

a. Relating to, involving, or being reproduction characterized by the union of male and female gametes.

b. Able to reproduce in this way; fertile.

[Late Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, sex.]

sex′u·al·ly adv.

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sexual

(ˈsɛksjʊəl)

adj

1. of, relating to, or characterized by sex or sexuality

2. (Biology) (of reproduction) characterized by the union of male and female gametes. Compare asexual²

[C17: from Late Latin sexuālis; see sex]

ˈsexually adv

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sex•u•al

(ˈsɛk ʃu əl)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to sex.

2. occurring between or involving the sexes: sexual relations.

3. having sexual organs, or reproducing by processes involving both sexes.

[1645–55; < Late Latin sexuālis= Latin sexu(s) sex + -ālis -al¹]

sex′u•al•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	sexual - of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions"
	2.	sexual - having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores" asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"
	3.	sexual - involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" intimate sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"

sexual

adjective

1. carnal, erotic, intimate, sensual, of the flesh, coital Men's sexual fantasies often have little to do with their sexual desire.

2. reproductive, sex, genital, venereal, procreative the sexual organs

3. sexy, erotic, sensual, inviting, bedroom, provoking, arousing, naughty, provocative, seductive, sensuous, suggestive, alluring, voluptuous, slinky, titillating, flirtatious, come-hither (informal), kissable, beddable exchanging sexual glances

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sexual

adjective

1. Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire:

amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, erotic, lascivious, salacious, sexy.

2. Suggesting sexuality:

sensual, sexy, suggestive, voluptuous.

3. Employed in reproduction:

reproductive.

Translations

جِنْسي، مُتَعَلِّق بالجِنْسجِنْسِيّ

pohlavnísexuální

køns-seksuel

sexuell Geschlechts-..

γενετήσιος ερωτικός σεξουαλικός

sexual

seksuaalinen

sexuel

seksualanseksualni

kynferîis-

sessuale carnale

性的な

성적인

lytinislytiškasseksualus

sexual

spolenspolna zlorabaspolno nadlegovanje

sexuell

เกี่ยวกับเพศ

cinsel cinsî

liên quan đến giới tính

性欲的性的有关生殖的

sexual

[ˈseksjʊəl]

A. ADJ → sexual
she's very sexual → es muy sensual

B. CPD sexual abuse N → abuso m sexual
sexual assault N → atentado m contra el pudor
sexual discrimination N → discriminación f a base de sexo
sexual harassment N → acoso m sexual
sexual intercourse N → relaciones fpl sexuales
to have sexual intercourse (with sb) → tener relaciones sexuales (con algn)
sexual orientation N → orientación f sexual
sexual partner N → pareja f sexual
sexual politics NPL → política fsing sexual
the sexual revolution N → la revolución sexual

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sexual

[ˈsɛkʃuəl] adj (relating to sex) [desire, relationship, fantasy] → sexuel(le); [equality] → des sexes; [discrimination] → sexuel(le); [reproduction, maturity] → sexuel(le)
They had a sexual relationship → Ils ont eu des relations sexuelles.
sexual discrimination → la discrimination sexuelle
sexual health → santé sexuellesexual abuse n → sévices mpl sexuelssexual assault n → attentat m à la pudeursexual equality n → égalité f des sexessexual harassment n → harcèlement m sexuelsexual intercourse n → rapports mpl sexuels

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sexual

adj

performance, preference, violence → sexuell; sexual crime → Sexualdelikt nt, → Sexualverbrechen nt; his sexual exploits → seine Liebesabenteuer pl; his/her sexual politics → seine/ihre Haltung zu Fragen der Sexualität; sexual services → sexuelle Dienste pl

(Physiol) → Sexual-; sexual characteristics → Geschlechtsmerkmale pl; sexual cycle → Sexualzyklus m; sexual drive or urge → Geschlechts- or Sexualtrieb m; sexual maturity → Geschlechtsreife f

sexual

sexual abuse

n → sexueller Missbrauch

sexual equality

n → Gleichberechtigung f → (der Geschlechter)

sexual harassment

n → sexuelle Belästigung

sexual health

n → Sexualhygiene f

sexual intercourse

n → Geschlechtsverkehr m

sexual

sexual offence, (US) sexual offense

n → Sexualstraftat f

sexual organ

n → Geschlechts- or Sexualorgan nt

sexual orientation

n → sexuelle Orientierung

sexual partner

n → Sexual- or Intimpartner(in) m(f)

sexual reproduction

n → geschlechtliche Vermehrung

sexual stereotyping

n → traditionelle or klischeehafte Zuordnung der Geschlechterrollen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sexual

[ˈsɛksjʊəl] adj → sessuale
sexual assault → violenza carnale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sex

(seks) noun

1. either of the two classes (male and female) into which human beings and animals are divided according to the part they play in producing children or young. Jeans are worn by people of both sexes; What sex is the puppy?

2. the fact of belonging to either of these two groups. discrimination on the grounds of sex; (also adjective) sex discrimination.

ˈsexist adjective

showing contempt for the other sex. a very sexist remark.

ˈsexless adjective

neither male nor female.

sexual (ˈsekʃuəl) adjective

concerned with the production of young or children. the sexual organs.

ˈsexually adverb

ˈsexy adjective

having sex appeal.

sexual abuse noun

taking advantage of someone sexually in a cruel way.

sex appeal

the quality of being attractive to people of the other sex. That actress has sex appeal.

sexual harassment noun

touching someone or demanding to have sex with a person against her/his will, or making sexual remarks about a person.

sexual intercourse

the sexual activity between a man and woman that is necessary for the producing of children.

sexual

→ جِنْسِيّ sexuální seksuel sexuell σεξουαλικός sexual seksuaalinen sexuel seksualan sessuale 性的な 성적인 seksueel seksuell seksualny sexual сексуальный sexuell เกี่ยวกับเพศ cinsel liên quan đến giới tính 性欲的

sex·u·al

a. sexual, rel. al sexo;

___ assault → agresión ___;

___ behavior → conducta ___;

___ characteristics → características ___ -es;

___ development → desarrollo ___;

___ health → salud ___;

___ intercourse → relaciones ___ -es, coito;

___ life → vida ___;

___ maturity → madurez ___;

adv. sexualmente;

___ transmitted disease. → enfermedad transmitida ___.

sexual

adj sexual

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Natural Selection -- its power compared with man's selection -- its power on characters of trifling importance -- its power at all ages and on both sexes -- Sexual Selection -- On the generality of intercrosses between individuals of the same species -- Circumstances favourable and unfavourable to Natural Selection, namely, intercrossing, isolation, number of individuals -- Slow action -- Extinction caused by Natural Selection -- Divergence of Character, related to the diversity of inhabitants of any small area, and to naturalisation -- Action of Natural Selection, through Divergence of Character and Extinction, on the descendants from a common parent -- Explains the Grouping of all organic beings.

I strongly suspect that some well-known laws with respect to the plumage of male and female birds, in comparison with the plumage of the young, can be explained on the view of plumage having been chiefly modified by sexual selection, acting when the birds have come to the breeding age or during the breeding season; the modifications thus produced being inherited at corresponding ages or seasons, either by the males alone, or by the males and females; but I have not space here to enter on this subject.

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In these two romantic natures was manifest in a signal way that neglected phenomenon, the dominance of the sexual element in all the relations of life, strengthening, softening, and beautifying even those of consanguinity.

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In the next place, wonderful as it seems in a sexual world, the Martians were absolutely without sex, and therefore without any of the tumultuous emotions that arise from that difference among men.

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The artist, painter, poet, or musician, by his decoration, sublime or beautiful, satisfies the aesthetic sense; but that is akin to the sexual instinct, and shares its barbarity: he lays before you also the greater gift of himself.

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It was sexual hunger that he suffered from, and if he could satisfy this he might free himself from the intolerable chains that bound him.

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Not one of them could call to mind the innumerable instances in which the sexual influence has proved irresistible in the persons of women without even the pretension to beauty.

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In the various dialects of the principal groups it is simply a sexual designation applied to the males; but it is now used by the natives in their intercourse with foreigners in the same sense in which the latter employ it.

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What was the attraction that drew us so closely one to the other, at an age when the sexual sympathies lay dormant in her and in me?

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Temperance, tolerance, and sexual equality were intelligible cries to them; whereas they did not follow our Forward Policy in Thibet with the keen attention that it merits, and would at times dismiss the whole British Empire with a puzzled, if reverent, sigh.

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There is a kind of upward striving in them, part vanity, part waste sexual emotion, part waste curiosity.

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The notion of symbolizing sexual love by a semisexless babe, and comparing the pains of passion to the wounds of an arrow -- of introducing this pudgy homunculus into art grossly to materialize the subtle spirit and suggestion of the work -- this is eminently worthy of the age that, giving it birth, laid it on the doorstep of prosperity.