unissex
Portuguese, adjective/ˌũ.niˈsɛks/
unissex is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unisex (designed to be suitable to both sexes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que diz respeito a ambos os gêneros feminino e masculino”.
What does unissex mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unisex (designed to be suitable to both sexes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz respeito a ambos os gêneros feminino e masculino 2. que tem características não ligadas a ideia de pertencer a um sexo e por tal usável por indivíduos de ambos sexos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce unissex?
- Brazil /ˌũ.niˈsɛks/
- Portugal /ˌu.niˈsɛks/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unissex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unissex in Portuguese?
unissex appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).