sexuel
French, adjective/sɛk.sɥɛl/
sexuel is spelled S-E-X-U-E-L (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexuel is a French adjective meaning “sexual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au sexe, chez l’être humain, les animaux et les plantes”.
What does sexuel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sexual
avoir des rapports sexuels
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au sexe, chez l’être humain, les animaux et les plantes. 2. Relatif à la sexualité. 3. Qui aime à faire l’amour ; qui provoque cet instinct chez l’autre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sexuel
- sexuelle feminine
- sexuels masculine plural
- sexuelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexuel?
- /sɛk.sɥɛl/
- \sɛk.sɥɛl\
- [sɛk.sɥɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sexuel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sexuel in French?
sexuel appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).