"opposite sex" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the opposite sex [canonical]
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  1. Women in relation to men or men in relation to women.
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  2. (attributively) Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man. Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Gender Derived forms: OSA Translations (the other gender to which one is referring): الْجِنْس الْآخَر (al-jins al-ʔāḵar) [masculine] (Arabic), супрацьле́глы пол (supracʹljéhly pol) [masculine] (Belarusian), противополо́жен пол (protivopolóžen pol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 異性 (Chinese Mandarin), 异性 (yìxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), opačné pohlaví [neuter] (Czech), modsatte køn [neuter] (Danish), andere geslacht [neuter] (Dutch), astassugupool (Estonian), vastakkainen sukupuoli (Finnish), sexe opposé [masculine] (French), sexo contrario (Galician), anderes Geschlecht [neuter] (German), sesso opposto [masculine] (Italian), 異性 (isei) (alt: いせい) (Japanese), 이성 (iseong) (alt: 異性) (Korean), спро́тивен пол (sprótiven pol) [masculine] (Macedonian), جنس مخالف (jens-e moxâlef) (Persian), płeć przeciwna [feminine] (Polish), sexo oposto [masculine] (Portuguese), противополо́жный пол (protivopolóžnyj pol) [masculine] (Russian), супротни пол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), suprotni pol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), opačné pohlavie [neuter] (Slovak), nasprotni spol [masculine] (Slovene), sexo opuesto [masculine] (Spanish), motsatt kön [neuter] (Swedish), เพศตรงข้าม (pâyt dtrong kâam) (Thai), karşı cins (Turkish), протиле́жна стать (protyléžna statʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protivopolóžen pol",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "противополо́жен пол"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "異性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìxìng",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "异性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opačné pohlaví"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modsatte køn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "andere geslacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "astassugupool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "vastakkainen sukupuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sexe opposé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "sexo contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "anderes Geschlecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sesso opposto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "isei",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "異性"
    },
    {
      "alt": "異性",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iseong",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "이성"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sprótiven pol",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спро́тивен пол"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jens-e moxâlef",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "جنس مخالف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płeć przeciwna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sexo oposto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivopolóžnyj pol",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "противополо́жный пол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "супротни пол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suprotni pol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opačné pohlavie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nasprotni spol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sexo opuesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "motsatt kön"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pâyt dtrong kâam",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "เพศตรงข้าม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "word": "karşı cins"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protyléžna statʹ",
      "sense": "the other gender to which one is referring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "протиле́жна стать"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Opposite sex"
  ],
  "word": "opposite sex"
}

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