/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
.
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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