Meanings
plural sexual relations
- idiomaticin pluralThe behavior of a sexual nature between one or more individuals.
It would be easy to prove by a long array of facts that the sexual relation is associated in the primitive mind with many serious perils; but the exact nature of the danger apprehended is still obscure.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan relació sexual
- relació sexualbehaviour of a sexual nature
French relation sexuelle
- relation sexuellebehaviour of a sexual nature
Hungarian szexuális/nemi kapcsolat, szexuális viszony
- szexuális/nemi kapcsolatbehaviour of a sexual nature
- szexuális viszonybehaviour of a sexual nature
- szexbehaviour of a sexual nature
Polish stosunek płciowy
- stosunek płciowybehaviour of a sexual nature
Spanish relación sexual
- relación sexualbehaviour of a sexual nature
Thai เพศสัมพันธ์
- เพศสัมพันธ์ (pêet-sǎm-pan)behaviour of a sexual nature
Cite this entry
sexual relation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20relation
“sexual relation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20relation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexual relation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20relation.
Source: sexual relation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.