"sexual" in seven languages
Meaningsexual
Spanish
sexual
/sekˈswal/
learned
French
sexuel
/sɛksɥɛl/
learned
fem.: sexuelle
Italian
sessuale
/sesˈswale/
learned
Portuguese
sexual
/seksuˈaw/
learned
Romanian
sexual
/seksuˈal/
learned
Catalan
sexual
/səksuˈal/
learned
English
sexual
/ˈsɛkʃuəl/
from Latin/French · Late Latin
English → ItaliansexualsessualeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SEXUĀLEM (Late Latin)‘of sex, from SEXUS’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian turns Latin x into ss even in learned words: sesso, sessuale, like massimo from MAXIMUS. French writes -el for Latin -ālis (sexuel, naturel), Spanish keeps -al.
English relatives: sex, sexuality
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In a sentence
- esEl acoso sexual es un delito.
- frLe harcèlement sexuel est un délit.
- itLe molestie sessuali sono un reato.
- ptO assédio sexual é crime.
- roHărțuirea sexuală este o infracțiune.
- caL'assetjament sexual és un delicte.
- enSexual harassment is a crime.
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