"sex life" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛksˌlaɪf/ Forms: sex lives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|sex lives}} sex life (plural sex lives)
  1. That part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity. Categories (topical): Sex, Sexuality Synonyms: love life Translations (part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity): 性生活 (xìngshēnghuó) (Chinese Mandarin), sexliv [neuter] (Danish), kønsliv [neuter] (Danish), kynslív [neuter] (Faroese), sukupuolielämä (Finnish), seksielämä (Finnish), vie sexuelle [feminine] (French), vida sexual [feminine] (Galician), Liebesleben [neuter] (German), Sexleben [neuter] (German), kynlíf [neuter] (Icelandic), saol gnéis [masculine] (Irish), 性生活 (seiseikatsu) (alt: せいせいかつ) (Japanese), lytinis gyvenimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), bea cheintyssagh [feminine] (Manx), sexliv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), seksualliv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sexliv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), seksualliv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), życie seksualne [neuter] (Polish), vida sexual [feminine] (Portuguese), сексуа́льная жизнь (sɛksuálʹnaja žiznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vida sexual [feminine] (Spanish), sexliv [neuter] (Swedish), cinsel yaşam (Turkish), cinsel hayat (Turkish), seks hayatı (Turkish)

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