Kilo Lingo

/ˈsekʃuəl/

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Translation

Connected with sex, or connected with being male or female.

Word origin

From Latin sexus, the word for one of the two groups, male and female.

Origin
Latin
Root
sexus
English cognates
sex

Examples

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Here "sexual" means connected with sex.

reproduction.

"Sexual" describes how new life is made from two parents.

attraction .

"Sexual" comes before the noun it describes.

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This word is part of lesson 35.