"sex (male or female)" in seven languages
Meaningsex (male or female)
Spanish
sexo
/ˈsekso/
masc.learned
French
sexe
/sɛks/
masc.learned
Italian
sesso
/ˈsɛsso/
masc.learned
Portuguese
sexo
/ˈsɛksu/
masc.learned
Romanian
sex
/seks/
neut.learned
Catalan
sexe
/ˈsɛksə/
masc.learned
English
sex
/sɛks/
from Latin/French · Latin SEXUS (via French)
English → Italiansex (male or female)sessoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SEXUM‘sex, the division into male and female’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word everywhere, but Italian still assimilates x to ss, as it does in every word (SAXUM → sasso).
English relatives: sexual, sexist
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In a sentence
- esIndique su sexo y fecha de nacimiento.
- frIndiquez votre sexe et votre date de naissance.
- itIndicare sesso e data di nascita.
- ptInforme seu sexo e data de nascimento.
- roIndicați sexul și data nașterii.
- caIndiqui el seu sexe i la data de naixement.
- enEnter your sex and date of birth.
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