How to Say Sex in Different Languages
Please find below many ways to say sex in different languages. This page features translation of the word "sex" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce sex and how to read it.
Saying Sex in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | seksi | |
| Basque | sexua | |
| Belarusian | сэкс [seks] | |
| Bosnian | sex | |
| Bulgarian | секс [seks] | |
| Catalan | sexe | |
| Corsican | sessu | |
| Croatian | seks | |
| Czech | sex | |
| Danish | køn | |
| Dutch | seks | |
| Estonian | seks | |
| Finnish | seksiä | |
| French | sexe | |
| Frisian | seks | |
| Galician | sexo | |
| German | Sex | |
| Greek | φύλο [fýlo] | |
| Hungarian | szex | |
| Icelandic | Kynlíf | |
| Irish | gnéas | |
| Italian | sesso | |
| Latvian | sekss | |
| Lithuanian | seksas | |
| Luxembourgish | Geschlecht | |
| Macedonian | секс [seks] | |
| Maltese | sess | |
| Norwegian | kjønn | |
| Polish | seks | |
| Portuguese | sexo | |
| Romanian | sex | |
| Russian | секс [seks] | |
| Scots Gaelic | gnè | |
| Serbian | сек [sek] | |
| Slovak | sex | |
| Slovenian | seks | |
| Spanish | sexo | |
| Swedish | sex | |
| Tatar | секс | |
| Ukrainian | секс [seks] | |
| Welsh | rhyw | |
| Yiddish | געשלעכט [geshlekht] | |
Saying Sex in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | սեքս [sek’s] | |
| Azerbaijani | seks | |
| Bengali | যৌনতা [yaunatā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 性别 [xìngbié] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 性別 [xìngbié] | |
| Georgian | სექსი [seksi] | |
| Gujarati | સેક્સ [sēksa] | |
| Hindi | लिंग [ling] | |
| Hmong | poj niam deev | |
| Japanese | セックス | |
| Kannada | ಲೈಂಗಿಕ [laiṅgika] | |
| Kazakh | жыныстық қатынас [jınıstıq qatınas] | |
| Khmer | ការរួមភេទ | |
| Korean | 섹스 [segseu] | |
| Kyrgyz | секс [seks] | |
| Lao | ເພດ [phed] | |
| Malayalam | ലൈംഗികത [lingikatha] | |
| Marathi | लिंग [liṅga] | |
| Mongolian | секс [syeks] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | လိင် [liin] | |
| Nepali | सेक्स [sēksa] | |
| Odia | ସେକ୍ସ | |
| Pashto | جنس | |
| Punjabi | ਸੈਕਸ [saikasa] | |
| Sindhi | جنس | |
| Sinhala | ලිංගිකත්වය [liṁgikatvaya] | |
| Tajik | ҷинсӣ | |
| Tamil | செக்ஸ் [seks] | |
| Telugu | సెక్స్ [seks] | |
| Thai | เพศ | |
| Turkish | seks | |
| Turkmen | jyns | |
| Urdu | جنس | |
| Uyghur | sex | |
| Uzbek | jinsiy aloqa | |
| Vietnamese | Tình dục | |
Saying Sex in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | الجنس [aljins] | |
| Hebrew | מִין | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | cinsîyet | |
| Persian | ارتباط جنسی | |
Saying Sex in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | seks | |
| Amharic | ወሲብ [wesībi] | |
| Chichewa | kugonana | |
| Hausa | jima'i | |
| Igbo | mmekọahụ | |
| Kinyarwanda | igitsina | |
| Sesotho | thobalano | |
| Shona | sex | |
| Somali | galmada | |
| Swahili | ngono | |
| Xhosa | ngesondo | |
| Yoruba | ibalopo | |
| Zulu | ucansi | |
Cite this Entry
"Sex in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/sex. Accessed 03 Oct 2023.
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