sexy

English Online Dictionary. What means sexy‎? What does sexy mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.sɪ/
• (General American) enPR: sĕkʹsē, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛksi

Etymology 1

From sex +‎ -y.

Adjective

sexy (comparative sexier, superlative sexiest)

1. Having sex appeal; attractive.

   Synonyms: hot, arousing, (archaic) concupiscible
2. (of a thing or concept) Intriguing, appealing, likely to excite interest.
3. (rare) Sexual; relating to or involving sex.

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

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

sexy (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.

Derived terms

• sexy prime

Anagrams

• syxe

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛksɪ]

Noun

sexy

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of sex

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.si/
• Hyphenation: sexy

Adjective

sexy (comparative sexyer, superlative sexyst)

1. sexy

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.si/

Adjective

sexy (invariable)

1. 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^(key): /ˈzɛksi/ (official standard but rarely used; usually considered overly formal or incorrect)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksi/ (usual)

Adjective

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

1. 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 In the case of the corresponding noun, Sex, a voiced beginning is considered even more outdated or incorrect than for the adjective sexy, and this voiced pronunciation is used and emphasized for sechs ("six") to clearly differentiate it.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.)

Declension

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^(key): /ˈsɛk.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛksi
• Hyphenation: sè‧xy

Adjective

sexy (invariable)

1. sexy

Derived terms

• sexy-shop

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)

1. sexy

References

• “sexy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)

1. sexy

References

• “sexy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛksi
• Syllabification: se‧xy

Adjective

sexy (comparative bardziej sexy, superlative najbardziej sexy, no derived adverb)

1. (colloquial) sexy (having sexual appeal)

   Synonym: seksowny

Adverb

sexy (comparative bardziej sexy, superlative najbardziej sexy)

1. (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

Adjective

sexy (invariable)

1. (of a person) sexy (having sexual appeal)

   Synonym: sensual

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sexy.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sexy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseksi]

Adjective

sexy m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. sexy

   Synonym: sexos

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseksi]

Noun

sexy

1. nominative/accusative plural of sex

Spanish

Adjective

sexy m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexys) (or invariable)

1. 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