sexual orientation

sexual orientation

English

Noun

sexual orientation (countable and uncountable, plural sexual orientations)

1. One's tendencies of sexual attraction, considered as a whole.

   There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality.

Synonyms

• sexuality
• sexual preference

Related terms

• romantic orientation

Translations

sexual orientation

Afrikaans: seksuele oriëntasie Albanian: orientim seksual m Arabic: تَوَجُّه جِنْسِيّ‎ m (tawajjuh jinsiyy) Armenian: սեռական կողմնորոշում (seṙakan kołmnorošum) Asturian: orientación sexual f Aymara: sarnaqaña uñtapa Azerbaijani: seksual orientasiya, cinsi yönümlülük, cinsi orientasiya Basque: sexu-joera, orientazio sexual Belarusian: сексуа́льная арыента́цыя f (sjeksuálʹnaja aryjentácyja) Bengali: যৌন অভিমুখীতা (bn) (ĵoun ôbhimukhīta) Breton: tuadur reizhel m Bulgarian: сексуа́лна ориента́ция f (seksuálna orientácija) Catalan: orientació sexual f Chinese: Mandarin: 性傾向／性倾向 (zh) (xìngqīngxiàng), 性取向 (zh) (xìngqǔxiàng), 性指向 (zh) (xìngzhǐxiàng), 性位向 (zh) (xìngwèixiàng), 性向 (zh) (xìngxiàng) Czech: sexuální orientace f Danish: seksuel orientering c Dutch: seksuele geaardheid f, seksuele oriëntatie f, seksuele gerichtheid f, geaardheid (nl) f Esperanto: seksa orientiĝo Estonian: seksuaalne orientatsioon, seksuaalne suundumus Finnish: seksuaalinen suuntautuminen (fi) French: orientation sexuelle (fr) f Galician: orientación sexual (gl) f Georgian: სექსუალური ორიენტაცია (seksualuri orienṭacia) German: sexuelle Orientierung (de) f, sexuelle Ausrichtung (de) f, sexuelle Neigung f Greek: σεξουαλικός προσανατολισμός m (sexoualikós prosanatolismós) Hebrew: נטייה מינית‎ f (netiya minit) Hindi: यौन अभिविन्यास (yaun abhivinyās) Hungarian: szexuális irányultság Icelandic: kynhneigð (is) f Ido: sexuala orientalizo Indonesian: orientasi seksual Irish: claonadh gnéasach m Italian: orientamento sessuale m Japanese: 性的指向 (せいてきしこう, seitekishikō), 性指向 (せいしこう, seishikō) Kazakh: сексуалды бағыттану (seksualdy bağyttanu) Korean: 성적 지향 (seongjeok jihyang) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: berpêbûniya zayendî Latin: propensio sexualis f Latvian: seksuālā orientācija f Lithuanian: seksualinė orientacija f, lytinė orientacija f Macedonian: сексуа́лна ориента́ција f (seksuálna orientácija) Malay: orientasi seksual Malayalam: ലൈംഗികചായ്‌വ് (laiṅgikacāy‌vŭ) Maltese: orjentazzjoni sesswali f Maori: aronga hōkaka, aronga taera, taeratanga, hōkakatanga Marathi: लैंगिक कल (laiṅgik kal) Mongolian: бэлгийн баримжаа (belgiin barimžaa) Nepali: यौन अभिमुखिकरण (ne) (yaun abhimukhikaraṇ) Norman: orientâtion sexuelle f Norwegian: seksuell leggning Bokmål: seksuell orientering m or f Nynorsk: seksuell orientering f Persian: گرایش جنسی‎ (garâyeš-e jensi) Polish: orientacja seksualna (pl) f Portuguese: orientação sexual (pt) f Punjabi: ਲਿੰਗਕ ਅਨੁਸਥਾਪਨ (liṅgak anusthāpan) Romanian: orientare sexuală f Russian: сексуа́льная ориента́ция (ru) f (sɛksuálʹnaja orijentácija) Sardinian: orientamentu sessuale Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сексуална оријентација f Roman: seksualna orijentacija f Shuar: pampatai nekámuri Slovak: sexuálna orientácia f Slovene: spolna usmerjenost f, spolna orientacija f Spanish: orientación sexual (es) f Swedish: sexuell läggning (sv) c Tagalog: oryentasyong seksuwal Tajik: гироиши ҷинсӣ (giroyiši jinsī), гароиши ҷинсӣ (garoyiši jinsī) Tamil: பாலியல் நாட்டம் (pāliyal nāṭṭam) Thai: รสนิยมทางเพศ (rs̄niym thāng pheṣ̄) Turkish: cinsel yönelim (tr), cinsel tercih (tr) Ukrainian: сексуа́льна орієнта́ція (uk) f (seksuálʹna orijentácija) Urdu: جنسی کشش‎ Uzbek: jinsiy moyillik Vietnamese: thiên hướng tình dục Welsh: cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, rhywioledd (cy), rhywioldeb (cy) m West Frisian: seksuële oriïntaasje Yiddish: סעקסואַלער אָריענטאַציע‎ (seksualer oryentatsye) Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity), vegansexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}