sex drive

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

sex drive (plural sex drives)

The tendency or instinct of animals to engage in sexual activity.

Synonyms

horniness

Translations

tendency to engage in sexual activity

Arabic: رَغْبَة جِنْسِيَّة f (raḡba jinsiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性衝動 / 性冲动 (zh) (xìng chōngdòng)
Finnish: sukupuolivietti (fi)
French: libido (fr) f
German: sexuelle Begierde f, Sexualtrieb (de) m, Geschlechtstrieb (de) m
Icelandic: kynhvöt (is) f, kynlöngun f
Japanese: 性衝動 (せいしょうどう, seishōdō)
Latin: libīdō f
Polish: popęd płciowy m
Russian: полово́е влече́ние (ru) n (polovóje vlečénije)
Spanish: libido (es) f
Swedish: sexualdrift c, könsdrift (sv) c, sexdrift c

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