sex partner

English

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Noun

sex partner (plural sex partners)

1. Someone that one has sex with, especially on an informal or casual basis.

   Synonyms: sexual partner; see also Thesaurus:sexual partner

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 126:

     The effect was ruined, however, by Louis's decision [...] to be accompanied by his mistress, the duchesse de Châteauroux, along with her sister, the duchesse de Lauraguais (who was Louis's occasional sex-partner rather than a fully-fledged royal mistress).

   • 2006 May 14, Lynn Barber, The Observer:

     But the 44-year-old trouper earns £7,000 a night as a DJ, insists he can beat his weakness for drugs, and makes no apologies for cruising online for sex partners.

Translations

someone that one has sex with

• Bikol Central: kadurog
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性伙伴 (zh) (xìnghuǒbàn), 性伴侶 / 性伴侣 (zh) (xìngbànlǚ), 砲友 / 炮友 (zh) (pàoyǒu) (colloquial, vulgar)

• Danish: sexpartner c
• Dutch: sekspartner (nl) m
• Finnish: seksikumppani (fi)
• French: partenaire sexuel (fr) m, partenaire sexuelle (fr) f
• Georgian: სექსუალური პარტნიორი (seksualuri ṗarṭniori), სექს-პარტნიორი (seks-ṗarṭniori)
• German: Sexualpartner (de) m, Sexualpartnerin (de) f
• Icelandic: bólfélagi (is) m, rekkjunautur m (somewhat euphemistic)
• Japanese: セックスの相手 (sekkusu no aite)
• Latin: futūtor (la) m, futūtrix (la) f (vulgar)
• Polish: partner seksualny m
• Russian: сексуа́льный партнёр m (sɛksuálʹnyj partnjór), сексуа́льная партнёрша f (sɛksuálʹnaja partnjórša)
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льний партне́р m (seksuálʹnyj partnér), сексуа́льна партне́рка f (seksuálʹna partnérka)

Anagrams

• ex-partners, expartners