asexual

== English == === Etymology === From a- (“lacking, without”) + -sexual. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /eɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /eɪˈsɛk.sjuː.əl/ (US) IPA(key): /eɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl Hyphenation: a‧sex‧u‧al === Adjective === asexual (not comparable) Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity. Coordinate term: platonic (especially of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex. Synonyms: (slang) ace, (slang) asexy, a-spec For more quotations using this term, see Citations:asexual. (biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs. Synonym: epicene (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex. asexual reproduction ==== Antonyms ==== allosexual ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === asexual (plural asexuals) (biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. 2009, Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?, published as Chapter 11 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221: 11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status. A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex. (rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing. ==== Antonyms ==== allosexual ==== Translations ==== === Usage notes === Asexual (in the sense of lacking sexual attraction or desire) should not be confused with hyposexual (see usage notes at hyposexuality) or non-libidoist. === See also === (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic (Category: en:Romantic orientations) fission, gemmation == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.sək.suˈal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [a.sek.suˈal] === Adjective === asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuals) asexual === Noun === asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuals) asexual === Antonyms === sexual === Related terms === asexualitat == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /asekˈswal/ [a.s̺ekˈs̺wɑɫ] Rhymes: -al === Adjective === asexual m or f (plural asexuais) asexual === Noun === asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuais) asexual ==== Antonyms ==== sexual === Further reading === “asexual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == German == === Etymology === a +‎ sexual. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === asexual (strong nominative masculine singular asexualer, not comparable) (uncommon) asexual ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== asexuell === Further reading === “asexual” in Duden online “asexual”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English asexual. Equivalent to a- +‎ sexual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aseksuˈal] === Adjective === asexual m or n (feminine singular asexuală, masculine plural asexuali, feminine/neuter plural asexuale) asexual ==== Declension ==== === Noun === asexual m (plural asexuali) asexual ==== Declension ==== === Related terms === asexualitate == Spanish == === Etymology === From a- + sexual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aseɡˈswal/ [a.seɣ̞ˈswal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: a‧se‧xual === Adjective === asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales) asexual ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuales) asexual === Further reading === “asexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025