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sexe

French, noun

sexe is a French masculine noun meaning “sex (the biological category)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of sexer. With an accent, sexé is a different word: “past participle of sexer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attribut utilisé pour classer un individu dans les espèces biologiques employant un mode de reproduction…”.

What does sexe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesex (the biological category)

  2. 2

    masculinesex (men or women)

  3. 3

    archaicmasculinethe (weaker) sex; womankind

    une personne du sexe

  4. 4

    masculinesex (the act)

  5. 5

    masculinesex organ

adjective

  1. 1

    pornographic

  2. 2

    horny, sexually aroused

  3. 3

    sexy

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as sexé
  1. 1

    past participle of sexer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Attribut utilisé pour classer un individu dans les espèces biologiques employant un mode de reproduction sexué. 2. L’ensemble des caractères masculins ou féminins. 3. Les hommes ou les femmes. 4. Rapport sexuel ; acte sexuel ; accouplement ; sexualité.

adjective: 1. Pornographique. 2. Qui a de l’appétit sexuel. 3. Sexy, sexuellement attirant.

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 sexe

  • sexes plural
  • sexée feminine
  • sexés masculine plural
  • sexées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to sexe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sexe in French?

sexe appears 56 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).