sexy
English
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
Related terms
Translations
having sexual appeal
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slang: very attractive or appealing
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Dutch
Pronunciation
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛk.si/
Further reading
- “sexy” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛksi/ (official standard, but uncommon in practice)
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛksi/ (usual)
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Italian
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.si/
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sexy.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈseksi]
Declension
declension of sexy (invariable)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | sexy | sexy | sexy | sexy | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | sexy | sexy | sexy | sexy | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
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