opposite sex

English

Noun

the opposite sex

Women in relation to men or men in relation to women.
(attributively) Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man.
The divorce rate for opposite sex marriages is increasing.

He doesn't believe opposite sex friendships are possible.

Antonyms

same sex

Derived terms

OSA

Translations

the other gender to which one is referring

Arabic: الْجِنْس الْآخَر m (al-jins al-ʔāḵar)
Belarusian: супрацьле́глы пол m (supracʹljéhly pol)
Bulgarian: противополо́жен пол m (protivopolóžen pol)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異性／异性 (zh) (yìxìng)
Czech: opačné pohlaví n
Danish: modsatte køn n
Dutch: andere geslacht n
Estonian: astassugupool
Finnish: vastakkainen sukupuoli
French: sexe opposé m
Galician: sexo contrario
German: anderes Geschlecht n
Italian: sesso opposto m
Japanese: 異性 (ja) (いせい, isei)
Korean: 이성(異性) (ko) (iseong)
Macedonian: спро́тивен пол m (sprótiven pol)
Persian: جنس مخالف (jens-e moxâlef)
Polish: płeć przeciwna f
Portuguese: sexo oposto m
Russian: противополо́жный пол (ru) m (protivopolóžnyj pol)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: супротни пол m

Roman: suprotni pol m
Slovak: opačné pohlavie n
Slovene: nasprotni spol m
Spanish: sexo opuesto m
Swedish: motsatt kön n
Thai: เพศตรงข้าม (pâyt dtrong kâam)
Turkish: karşı cins
Ukrainian: протиле́жна стать f (protyléžna statʹ)

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