Meanings
nounsex scene (plural sex scenes)
plural sex scenes
- A segment in a film or television program in which characters engage in simulated or real sexual activity.
I most remember the sex scene in the woods. The night it was due to go out, I went to buy a Sunday newspaper from my local shop, and the headline read: “BBC braces itself for biggest sex shock ever.”
2023 March 30, Rich Pelley, quoting Alison Steadman, “Alison Steadman: ‘We filmed the sex scene in the New Forest, so it was quite prickly’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 性愛視頻 /性爱视频, 床戲 /床戏
- 性愛視頻 /性爱视频 (xìng'ài shìpín)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
- 床戲 /床戏 (chuángxì)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
- 激情戲 /激情戏 (jīqíngxì)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
Finnish seksikohtaus
- seksikohtaussegment in a movie in which characters have sex
French scène de lit
- scène de litsegment in a movie in which characters have sex
German Bettszene, Sexszene
- Bettszenesegment in a movie in which characters have sex
- Sexszenesegment in a movie in which characters have sex
- Fickszenesegment in a movie in which characters have sex
Hungarian szexjelenet, ágyjelenet
- szexjelenetsegment in a movie in which characters have sex
- ágyjelenetsegment in a movie in which characters have sex
Japanese 濡れ場, セックスシーン
- 濡れ場 (nureba)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
- セックスシーン (sekkusu shīn)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
Polish scena łóżkowa
- scena łóżkowasegment in a movie in which characters have sex
Russian посте́льная сце́на
- посте́льная сце́на (postélʹnaja scéna)segment in a movie in which characters have sex
Swedish sexscen
- sexscensegment in a movie in which characters have sex
Cite this entry
APA
sex scene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20scene
MLA
“sex scene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20scene. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sex scene,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20scene.
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