# seks
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

seks (uncountable)
* sex

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛks]

### Noun

seks m
* sex (sexual intercourse)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Internationalism. From English sex.

### Noun

seks (definite accusative seksi, plural sekslər)
* sex (sexual activity)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “seks” in Obastan.com.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English sex.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: seks

### Noun

seks
* sexual intercourse

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛks/, [sɛɡ̊s]
* Homophone: sex

### Numeral

seks
* six

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* sex (superseded spelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English sex (“sexual union, sexual activity”). The older spelling is Dutch sex.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛks/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛks

### Noun

seks m (uncountable)
* sex (sexual intercourse)
    Synonyms: gemeenschap, geslachtsgemeenschap, geslachtsverkeer, lijfsgemeenschap

#### Derived terms

* agendaseks
* beukseks
* chemseks
* groepsseks
* neukseks
* oversekst
* plasseks
* poepseks
* samsonseks
* seksboerderij
* seksboot
* seksen
* seksfilm
* seksindustrie
* sekslijn
* seksloos
* seksmaniak
* seksmonster
* seksobject
* sekstoerist
* sekswerk
* sekswerker
* telefoonseks
* webcamseks

### Further reading

* seks on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Estonian
### Etymology

Most likely via English sex, ultimately from Latin sexus.

### Noun

seks (genitive seksi, partitive seksi)
* sex (sexual intercourse)

#### Derived terms

* grupiseks
* seksinälg
* seksuaaliha
* seksuaalhälve
* seksuaalvabadus

#### Related terms

* seksuaalne

#### See also

* sugu
* suguühe

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛks]

### Numeral

seks
* six, cardinal numeral after fimm (“five”) and before sjey (“seven”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English sex, from Middle English sexe (“gender”), from Old French sexe (“genitals; gender”), from Latin sexus (“gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”), from Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut”), thus meaning section, division (into male and female).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛks]
* Hyphenation: sèks

### Noun

seks (plural seks-seks)
* sex
** a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species
    Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, kelamin
** sexual activity
    Synonym: sanggama
* lust, passion, sexual desire
    Synonym: berahi

#### Related terms

* seksi
* seksual
* seksualitas

### Further reading

* “seks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

### Numeral

seks
* six

#### Derived terms

* seksdel
* sekskant
* sekskantet, sekskanta
* sekspakning

### References

* “seks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* sæks (eye dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Norse sex.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sæks/

### Numeral

seks
* six

#### Derived terms

* seksdel
* sekskant
* sekskanta
* sekspakning

### References

* “seks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sex, from Middle English sexe, from Old French sexe, from Latin sexus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛks/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛks
* Syllabification: seks

### Noun

seks m inan
* sex (sexual intercourse)

#### Derived terms

* aseksualny
* biseksualny
* seksualny
* aseksualnie
* biseksualnie
* seksualnie
* aseksualista
* aseksualistka
* aseksualizm
* aseksualność
* biseks
* biseksualista
* biseksualistka
* biseksualizm
* seksualność

### Further reading

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin sexus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sêks/

### Noun

sȅks m (Cyrillic spelling се̏кс)
* (uncountable) sex (sexual intercourse)
    Synonym: snošaj

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /séːks/

### Noun

sẹ̑ks m inan
* sex (sexual intercourse)

#### Inflection
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sex.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈseks/ [ˈsɛks]
* Rhymes: -eks
* Syllabification: seks

### Noun

seks (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)
* (informal) sexual intercourse
    Synonym: pagtatalik
* sex (classification)
    Synonyms: tauhin, sari

#### Derived terms

* magseks
* pagseseks

#### Related terms

* sekso
* seksi
* seksuwal
* seksuwalidad

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French sexe. The sexual intercourse sense is a semantic loan from English sex.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /secs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

seks (definite accusative seksi, plural seksler)
* sex (sexual category)
* sex (sexual intercourse)