# sexy
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛk.sɪ/
* (General American) enPR: sĕkʹsē, IPA: /ˈsɛk.si/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛksi

### Etymology 1

From sex +‎ -y.

#### Adjective

sexy (comparative sexier, superlative sexiest)
* Having sex appeal; attractive.
    Synonyms: hot, arousing, (archaic) concupiscible
    The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy.
    She has a sexy voice!
** 1978, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, in Blondes Have More Fun, performed by Rod Stewart:If you want my body and you think I'm sexy / Come on sugar let me know
** 2015, Elisabeth Sheff, Tikva Wolf, Stories From the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families‎:So we decided, in the sexiest and most entertaining way possible, to create a “fluid-bound contract.”
* (of a thing or concept) Intriguing, appealing, likely to excite interest.
    The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car.
    We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales.
    Being an undertaker is not a sexy career.
** 2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67:Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.
** 2020, Katja Brokke, “Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it's paying the price”, in CNN Travel:"The management of the quay walls and bridges has lagged behind in recent decades because it was not given the political priority it deserves and it is not a sexy topic," says Dijksma.
** 2023 October 7, Gregor Muir, “Frieze turns 20”, in FT Weekend, Collecting, page 2:Seeing A-listers in the aisles makes Frieze seem sexier than most fairs, placing added pressure on galleries to live up to the sponsorship provided by high-end fashion brands and luxury goods.
* (rare) Sexual; relating to or involving sex.
    He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him.

##### Synonyms

* (having sexual appeal): alluring, dishy (of a man), foxy (of a woman), horny, raunchy, sensual, tasty, dreamy, cute, handsome (of a man), dashing (of a man)
* (attractive, appealing): gorgeous, tasty, hot
* See also Thesaurus:sexy

##### Antonyms

* unsexy
* nonsexy
* (sense 2) prosaic

##### Derived terms

* sexily
* sexiness
* sexy baby voice
* sexyman
* sexy prime
* sexy shrimp
* sexy son hypothesis
* sexy times
* sexy up

##### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: се́кси (séksi)
* → Catalan: sexi
* → Cebuano: seksi
* → Danish: sexy
* → Dutch: sexy
* → French: sexy
* → Galician: sexy
* → German: sexy
* → Greek: σέξι (séxi)
* → Hebrew: סקסי (seksi)
* → Icelandic: sexí
* → Indonesian: seksi, sèksi
* → Italian: sexy
* → Japanese: セクシー (sekushī)
* → Korean: 섹시 (seksi)
* → Maltese: seksi
* → Mongolian: секси (seksi)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: sexy
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: sexy
* → Persian: سکسی (seksi)
* → Portuguese: sexy
* → Romanian: sexy
* → Russian: се́кси (séksi)
* → Scottish Gaelic: seagsaidh
* → Serbo-Croatian: sȅksī, се̏ксӣ
* → Spanish: sexi, sexy
* → Tagalog: seksi
* → Thai: เซ็กซี่ (sék-sîi)
* → Turkish: seksi

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Latin sex (“six”) +‎ -y, intended as a pun.

#### Adjective

sexy (not comparable)
* (mathematics) Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.
    (73,79) is a sexy prime pair.

##### Derived terms

* sexy prime

### Anagrams

* syxe

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛksɪ]

### Noun

sexy
* nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of sex

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛk.si/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sexy

### Adjective

sexy (comparative sexyer, superlative sexyst)
* sexy
    Wij zijn buitengewoon sexy.We are extraordinarily sexy.

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛk.si/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

sexy (invariable)
* sexy

### Further reading

* “sexy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɛksi/ (official standard but rarely used; usually considered overly formal or incorrect)
* IPA: /ˈsɛksi/ (usual)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

sexy (strong nominative masculine singular sexyer, comparative sexyer, superlative am sexysten)
* sexy

#### Usage notes

* In German, most people try to approximate the original pronunciations of many recently borrowed words, which is why there is even a term for this, Fremdwort, for which there is no real equivalent in English. In the case of the corresponding noun, Sex, a voiced beginning is considered even more outdated or incorrect than for the adjective sexy, and this voiced pronunciation is used and emphasized for sechs ("six") to clearly differentiate it.
* The positive form is not inflected in standard usage: ein sexy Kleid. Inflected forms only occur in colloquial speech (ein sexyes Kleid), and only rarely.
* The comparative has to be inflected when used before nouns. This is avoided in standard usage, which means that the comparative is rare except in predicative position. (Colloquial: Sie will ein sexyeres Kleid. / Sie will ein Kleid, das mehr sexy ist. Formal written: Die Kundin sucht ein Kleid, das sexyer ist. Formal spoken [since the ending of sexyer is hard to hear]: Die Kundin sucht ein Kleid, das mehr sexy ist.)

#### Derived terms

* unsexy

### Further reading

* “sexy” in Duden online
* “sexy” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛk.si/
* Rhymes: -ɛksi
* Hyphenation: sè‧xy

### Adjective

sexy (invariable)
* sexy

#### Derived terms

* sexy-shop

### References

* ↑ sexy in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

### Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)
* sexy

### References

* “sexy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

### Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)
* sexy

### References

* “sexy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛk.si/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛksi
* Syllabification: se‧xy

### Adjective

sexy (comparative bardziej sexy, superlative najbardziej sexy, no derived adverb)
* (colloquial) sexy (having sexual appeal)
    Synonym: seksowny

### Adverb

sexy (comparative bardziej sexy, superlative najbardziej sexy)
* (colloquial) sexily
    Synonym: seksownie

### Further reading

* sexy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* sexy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛk.si/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛ.ksi/
* Audio (Portugal, Porto):(file)

### Adjective

sexy (invariable)
* (of a person) sexy (having sexual appeal)
    Synonym: sensual
** 2007, Tania Menai, Nova York do Oiapoque ao Chuí: relatos de brasileiros na cidade que nunca dorme, Casa da Palavra, →ISBN, page 129:O pessoal daqui viu como a gente fotografa bem, como as meninas são bonitas, todas elas são sexys, têm corpo legal, a maioria é desinibida — ou seja, não há problema de vestir biquíni ou lingerie e fotografar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2014, Ivan Misner, Frank J. De Raffele Jr., Hazel M. Walker, Essa ideia é tão boa que parece que foi sua, Universo dos Livros Editora, →ISBN, page 33:Não, amor. Você está fantástica. É elegante e sexy ao mesmo tempo. Mas não é o vestido que é sexy, é você que faz esse vestido parecer sexy!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈseksi]

### Adjective

sexy m or f or n (indeclinable)
* sexy
    Synonym: sexos

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈseksi]

### Noun

sexy
* nominative/accusative plural of sex

## Spanish
### Adjective

sexy m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexys) (or invariable)
* Alternative form of sexi

### Further reading

* “sexy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10