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sex
sex /ˈseks/
noun#502 most common
Also: gender, sexual intercourse
Example sentences
Care este sexul copilului?
What is the child's sex?
În formular trebuie să completezi sexul tău.
On the form you must fill in your sex.
Mulți tineri vorbesc deschis despre sex astăzi.
Many young people talk openly about sex today.
Educația despre sex ar trebui făcută în școli.
Education about sex should be taught in schools.
Diferențele dintre cele două sexe au fost studiate îndelung de biologi.
The differences between the two sexes have been studied extensively by biologists.
Identitatea de gen nu coincide întotdeauna cu sexul biologic atribuit la naștere.
Gender identity does not always coincide with the biological sex assigned at birth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sex | sexe |
| Genitive | sexului | sexelor |
| Accusative | sex | sexe |
| Vocative | sexule | sexelor |
Word family
sexualsexual
sexualitatesexuality
sexysexy (informal, borrowed from English)asexuatasexual
sexologsexologist
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "sex" from French "sexe" in the modern era, as part of a wave of Latinate vocabulary that entered the language in the 19th century. French "sexe" in turn goes back to Latin "sexus", meaning the biological division between male and female. Some scholars link "sexus" to the Latin verb "secare", to cut, on the idea that the sexes represent a cutting or division of humankind, but this connection is debated. The word entered Romanian as a ready-made scientific and administrative term rather than through natural inheritance from Latin.
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