sexy

English

Etymology

sex +‎ -y

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksɪ/
(General American) enPR: sĕkʹsē, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksi/
Rhymes: -ɛksi

Adjective

sexy (comparative sexier, superlative sexiest)

(of a person) Having sexual appeal; suggestive of sex.
The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy.
That can sexually attract or arouse.
She has a sexy voice!
(of a thing or concept) interesting, attractive or appealing.
The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car.

We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales.

Being an undertaker is not a sexy career.
- 2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs (page 67)
  Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.
(rare, slang) Sexual.
He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him.
(mathematics) Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.
(73,79) is a sexy prime pair.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

sexy prime

Translations

having sexual appeal

Albanian: joshës (sq), tërheqës (sq)
Arabic: جِنْسِيّ‎‎ (jinsiyy), مُثِير لِلشَّهْوَة‎‎ (muṯīr li-š-šahwa), سِيكْسِي‎‎ (seksī)
Armenian: սեքսուալ (hy) (sekʿsual), սեքսոտ (sekʿsot)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性感 (zh) (xìnggǎn)
Danish: sexet
Dutch: sexy (nl)
Esperanto: volupta, amorveka
Finnish: seksikäs (fi)
French: sexy (fr) m, f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sexy (de)
Greek: σέξι (el) (séxi)
Hebrew: סקסי‎‎ (seksi)
Hindi: सेक्सी (hi) (seksī)
Icelandic: sexí, kynþokkafullur, kynæsandi
Indonesian: seksi (id)

Italian: sexy (it) m, f
Japanese: セクシー (sekushī), 色っぽい (いろっぽい, iroppoi)
Korean: 섹시 (seksi), 섹시하다 (ko) (seksihada)
Macedonian: сексапи́лен (seksapílen), се́кси (séksi)
Norwegian: sexy, kjønnslig, seksuell
Novial: sexuosi
Persian: جذاب‎‎ (fa) (jazzâb), سکسی‎‎ (fa) (seksi)
Portuguese: sexy (pt) m, f, sensual (pt) m, f
Romanian: sexy (ro), sexos
Russian: сексуа́льный (ru) (sɛksuálʹnyj), се́кси (ru) (sɛ́ksi) (indeclinable), сексапи́льный (ru) (sɛksapílʹnyj)
Sanskrit: शृङ्गारिन् (sa) (śṛiṅgārin)
Slovak: sexi
Spanish: sexy
Swedish: sexig (sv)
Thai: เซ็กซี่ (séksêe)
Turkish: seksi (tr)
Vietnamese: quyến rũ (vi), cuốn hút, hấp dẫn (vi)

slang: very attractive or appealing

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: sexet
Dutch: sexy (nl)
Finnish: seksikäs (fi)
French: sexy (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sexy (de)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: whakahiamo
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: се́кси (ru) (sɛ́ksi) (indeclinable), сексапи́льный (ru) (sɛksapílʹnyj)
Sanskrit: काम्य (sa) (kāmya)
Spanish: sexy
Swedish: sexig (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: hấp dẫn (vi), gợi cảm, hở hang (vi), gợi dục

Anagrams

syxe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Adjective

sexy (comparative sexyer, superlative sexyst)

sexy

Inflection

Inflection of sexy
uninflected	sexy
inflected	sexy
comparative	sexyer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		sexy	sexyer	het sexyst het sexyste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	sexy	sexyere	sexyste
	n. sing.	sexy	sexyer	sexyste
	plural	sexy	sexyere	sexyste
definite		sexy	sexyere	sexyste
partitive		sexy's	sexyers	—

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛk.si/

Adjective

sexy (invariable)

sexy

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛksi/ (official standard, but uncommon in practice)
IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksi/ (usual)
Audio (file)

Adjective

sexy (comparative sexyer, superlative am sexysten)

sexy

Usage notes

The positive form is left uninflected in standard usage: ein sexy Kleid. Inflected forms do exist, but they are restricted to the vernacular: ein sexyes Kleid. They are altogether infrequent.
The comparation forms need to be declined when they serve as attributes. At least with the comparative sexyer this is most often avoided in standard usage, meaning that the comparative is commonly used in predicative position only.

Declension

Positive forms of sexy

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist sexy	sie ist sexy	es ist sexy	sie sind sexy
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sexyer	sexye	sexyes	sexye
	genitive	sexyen	sexyer	sexyen	sexyer
	dative	sexyem	sexyer	sexyem	sexyen
	accusative	sexyen	sexye	sexyes	sexye
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sexye	die sexye	das sexye	die sexyen
	genitive	des sexyen	der sexyen	des sexyen	der sexyen
	dative	dem sexyen	der sexyen	dem sexyen	den sexyen
	accusative	den sexyen	die sexye	das sexye	die sexyen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sexyer	eine sexye	ein sexyes	(keine) sexyen
	genitive	eines sexyen	einer sexyen	eines sexyen	(keiner) sexyen
	dative	einem sexyen	einer sexyen	einem sexyen	(keinen) sexyen
	accusative	einen sexyen	eine sexye	ein sexyes	(keine) sexyen

Comparative forms of sexy

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist sexyer	sie ist sexyer	es ist sexyer	sie sind sexyer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sexyerer	sexyere	sexyeres	sexyere
	genitive	sexyeren	sexyerer	sexyeren	sexyerer
	dative	sexyerem	sexyerer	sexyerem	sexyeren
	accusative	sexyeren	sexyere	sexyeres	sexyere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sexyere	die sexyere	das sexyere	die sexyeren
	genitive	des sexyeren	der sexyeren	des sexyeren	der sexyeren
	dative	dem sexyeren	der sexyeren	dem sexyeren	den sexyeren
	accusative	den sexyeren	die sexyere	das sexyere	die sexyeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sexyerer	eine sexyere	ein sexyeres	(keine) sexyeren
	genitive	eines sexyeren	einer sexyeren	eines sexyeren	(keiner) sexyeren
	dative	einem sexyeren	einer sexyeren	einem sexyeren	(keinen) sexyeren
	accusative	einen sexyeren	eine sexyere	ein sexyeres	(keine) sexyeren

Superlative forms of sexy

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am sexysten	sie ist am sexysten	es ist am sexysten	sie sind am sexysten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sexyster	sexyste	sexystes	sexyste
	genitive	sexysten	sexyster	sexysten	sexyster
	dative	sexystem	sexyster	sexystem	sexysten
	accusative	sexysten	sexyste	sexystes	sexyste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sexyste	die sexyste	das sexyste	die sexysten
	genitive	des sexysten	der sexysten	des sexysten	der sexysten
	dative	dem sexysten	der sexysten	dem sexysten	den sexysten
	accusative	den sexysten	die sexyste	das sexyste	die sexysten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sexyster	eine sexyste	ein sexystes	(keine) sexysten
	genitive	eines sexysten	einer sexysten	eines sexysten	(keiner) sexysten
	dative	einem sexysten	einer sexysten	einem sexysten	(keinen) sexysten
	accusative	einen sexysten	eine sexyste	ein sexystes	(keine) sexysten

Derived terms

unsexy

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (invariable)

sexy

Derived terms

sexy-shop

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)

sexy

References

“sexy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (indeclinable)

sexy

References

“sexy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.si/

Adjective

sexy (invariable, comparable)

(of a person) sexy (having sexual appeal)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sexy.

Synonyms

sensual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈseksi]

Adjective

sexy m, f, n (invariable)

sexy

Declension

declension of sexy (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sexy		sexy	sexy	sexy
nominative/ accusative	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sexy		sexy	sexy	sexy
genitive/ dative	definite	—		—	—	—

Synonyms

sexos

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexy.

Adjective

sexy (plural sexys) (or invariable)

sexy

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sexy

English

Etymology

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Adjective

Synonyms

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Dutch

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Inflection

French

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German

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Adjective

Usage notes

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Further reading

Italian

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Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

References

Portuguese

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Adjective

Quotations

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Romanian

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Adjective

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Spanish

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