Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polysexual

/ˌpɑ.liˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: po-ly-sex-ual
IPA: /ˌpɑ.liˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to multiple types of sexuality.

adj

Sexually attracted to many (sometimes specifically multiple but not all) genders.

adj

Sexually polyamorous; that is, having multiple sexual relationships.

Example Sentences

"Some queer relationships are monogamous (married/committed couple), some agree to polyfidelity (married/committed group), some are polysexual (open sexually), and others are polyamorous (open romantically)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English polysexual From poly- + -sexual.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɑ.liˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
British English: /ˌpɒ.liˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/

Inflected Forms

more polysexual (comparative) most polysexual (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

polysexuality multisexual plurisexual polyamorous polyromantic

Rhymes With

robosexual flexisexual cupiosexual ammosexual lesbosexual humansexual vegansexual abrosexual playersexual spectrasexual trysexual gastrosexual

Questions

How do you pronounce polysexual?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɑ.liˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/.
What does polysexual mean?: Of or pertaining to multiple types of sexuality.
Where does polysexual come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English polysexual From poly- + -sexual.

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