"sesso" meaning in Italian

See sesso in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛs.so/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-sesso.wav Forms: sessi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsso Etymology: From Latin sexus. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:sexus}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*séks-u-s", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "cut", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*sek-", "gloss" : "to cut", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*seksus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*sékh₁yeti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "cut", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "cut", "pos" : "root" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*sek-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*sekaō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "secō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "secāre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sexus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "sesso", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="sesso">, {{inh|it|la|sexus}} Latin sexus Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} sesso m (plural sessi)
  1. sex (quality of being male or female) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sesso-it-noun-g17hfwXJ Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 74 26
  2. (uncountable) sex (sexual intercourse) Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sesso-it-noun-HCAOypYT Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Sex Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sex: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sessuomania"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sexy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unisex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maschile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "(uncountable) sex (sexual intercourse)"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsso"
    },
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    "Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    }
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}

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