Meanings
- uncountableA sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.
They had sex before either knew the other’s surname. They had anal sex before they had vaginal sex.
2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 231 more example
It is a common misconception that anal intercourse is an exclusively homosexual male practice. […] As elsewhere in Africa, little data exist on the role of anal sex in HIV acquisition in women in the general population […]
2010, S. S. Abdool Karim, Q. Abdool Karim, HIV/AIDS in South Africa, page 299Synonyms: assfuck, bumfuck, bumming, bum sex, buttfuck, butt-fucking, butt sex, butt stuff
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.
More synonyms by meaning
nounintercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From anal + sex. First use appears c. 1970 in the American Sociological Review.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جِمَاع شَرَجِيّ
- جِمَاع شَرَجِيّ (jimāʕ šarajiyy)sex involving the anus
Bulgarian ана́лен секс, анално проникване
- ана́лен секс (análen seks)sex involving the anus
- анално проникване (analno pronikvane)sex involving the anus
- анално сношение (analno snošenie)sex involving the anus
Catalan sexe anal
- sexe analsex involving the anus
Chinese Cantonese 肛交
- 肛交 (gong¹ gaau¹)sex involving the anus
Chinese Mandarin 肛交, 10
- 肛交 (gāngjiāo)sex involving the anus
- 10 (yīlíng)sex involving the anus
Czech anální sex
- anální sexsex involving the anus
Danish analsex, analt samleje
- analsexsex involving the anus
- analt samlejesex involving the anus
Dutch anale seks
- anale sekssex involving the anus
Esperanto anusa seksumado, bugro
- anusa seksumadosex involving the anus
- bugrosex involving the anus
Estonian anaalseks
- anaalsekssex involving the anus
Finnish anaaliseksi
- anaaliseksisex involving the anus
French sexe anal
- sexe analsex involving the anus
German Analverkehr, Analsex
- Analverkehrsex involving the anus
- Analsexsex involving the anus
Greek πρωκτική συνουσία, πρωκτικό σεξ
- πρωκτική συνουσία (proktikí synousía)sex involving the anus
- πρωκτικό σεξ (proktikó sex)sex involving the anus
Hebrew מין אנאלי, סקס אנאלי
- מין אנאלי (min anali)sex involving the anus
- סקס אנאלי (seks anali)sex involving the anus
Hindi गुदा मैथुन, गुदा सेक्स
- गुदा मैथुन (gudā maithun)sex involving the anus
- गुदा सेक्स (gudā seks)sex involving the anus
Hungarian anális szex
- anális szexsex involving the anus
Icelandic endaþarmsmök
- endaþarmsmöksex involving the anus
Irish gnéas tóna
- gnéas tónasex involving the anus
Italian sesso anale
- sesso analesex involving the anus
Japanese アナルセックス, 肛門性交
- アナルセックス (anaru sekkusu)sex involving the anus
- 肛門性交 (kōmon seikō)sex involving the anus
Korean 항문 성교, 항문 섹스
- 항문 성교 (hangmun seonggyo)sex involving the anus
- 항문 섹스 (hangmun sekseu)sex involving the anus
Latin paedicatio
- paedicatiosex involving the anus
Latvian anālais sekss
- anālais seksssex involving the anus
Lithuanian analinis seksas
- analinis seksassex involving the anus
Māori moe whakaeneene, moe whakaene
- moe whakaeneenesex involving the anus
- moe whakaenesex involving the anus
Persian آمیزش جنسی مقعدی, سکس مقعدی
- آمیزش جنسی مقعدی (âmizeš-e jensi-ye maq'adi)sex involving the anus
- سکس مقعدی (seks-e maq'adi)sex involving the anus
- کونمرزی (kun-morzi)sex involving the anus
Polish seks analny, anal
- seks analnysex involving the anus
- analsex involving the anus
Portuguese sexo anal
- sexo analsex involving the anus
Romanian sex anal
- sex analsex involving the anus
Russian ана́льный секс, ана́л
- ана́льный секс (análʹnyj sɛks)sex involving the anus
- ана́л (anál)sex involving the anus
Slovak análny sex
- análny sexsex involving the anus
Spanish sexo anal
- sexo analsex involving the anus
Swahili ngono ya mkundu
- ngono ya mkundusex involving the anus
Swedish analsex
- analsexsex involving the anus
Tamil குதவழிப் பாலுறவு
- குதவழிப் பாலுறவு (kutavaḻip pāluṟavu)sex involving the anus
Thai การร่วมเพศทางทวารหนัก, การตุ๋ย
- การร่วมเพศทางทวารหนัก (gaan-rûam-pâyt taang tá-waan-nàk)sex involving the anus
- การตุ๋ย (gaan-tǔi)sex involving the anus
Turkish anal seks
- anal sekssex involving the anus
Ukrainian ана́льний секс
- ана́льний секс (análʹnyj seks)sex involving the anus
Vietnamese tình dục hậu môn, giao hợp hậu môn
- tình dục hậu mônsex involving the anus
- giao hợp hậu mônsex involving the anus
Yiddish אַנאַלער סעקס, תּשמיש־האָחור
- אַנאַלער סעקס (análer seks)sex involving the anus
- תּשמיש־האָחור (táshmesh-haókher)sex involving the anus
Cite this entry
anal sex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20sex
“anal sex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20sex. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anal sex,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20sex.
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