sex drive

English

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Noun

sex drive (plural sex drives)

1. 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

See also

• antaphrodisiac
• aphrodisiac
• libido
• horniness