noun, masculine/sɛks/plural: sexes
sex (the biological category); sex (men or women); the (weaker) sex; womankind; sex (the act); sex organ
“une personne du sexe” — a female person; a woman or girl
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexusder. Middle French sexe French sexe Middle French sexe, from Latin sexus.