Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birth sex

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
birth -sex
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

birth sexes (plural)

Phrases

female-assigned male-assigned

Frequently Paired Words

female-assigned male-assigned

Synonyms

biological sex bio-sex

Questions

What does birth sex mean?
The sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.

How to pronounce birth sex

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