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anal sex

anal sex noun: a sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.

Noun

anal sex (uncountable)

  1. A sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.
    • It is a common misconception that anal intercourse is an exclusively homosexual male practice. […] As elsewhere in Africa, little data exist on the role of anal sex in HIV acquisition in women in the general population […]2010, S. S. Abdool Karim, Q. Abdool Karim, HIV/AIDS in South Africa, page 299
    • They had sex before either knew the other’s surname. They had anal sex before they had vaginal sex.2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 23

anal sex meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

anal sex in Hindi

sex involving the anus
गुदा मैथुन gudā maithun, गुदा सेक्स gudā seks

anal sex in Tamil

sex involving the anus
குதவழிப் பாலுறவு kutavaḻip pāluṟavu

anal sex in Marathi

sex involving the anus
गुदामैथुन gudāmaithun

anal sex in Bengali

anal sex
পায়ুকাম paẏukam
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anal sex in Arabic
جِمَاع شَرَجِيّ jimāʕ šarajiyy
anal sex in Persian
آمیزش جنسی مقعدی âmizeš-e jensi-ye maq'adi, سکس مقعدی seks-e maq'adi, کونمرزی kun-morzi
anal sex in Thai
การร่วมเพศทางทวารหนัก gaan-rûam-pâyt taang tá-waan-nàk, การตุ๋ย gaan-tǔi
anal sex in Vietnamese
tình dục hậu môn, giao hợp hậu môn

Synonyms of anal sex

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Origin of anal sex

From anal + sex. First use appears c. 1970 in the American Sociological Review.

Questions about anal sex

What does anal sex mean?
Anal sex means a sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.
What is anal sex in Hindi?
Anal sex in Hindi is गुदा मैथुन (gudā maithun), गुदा सेक्स (gudā seks). See Anal sex meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is anal sex?
Anal sex is a noun.

Words near anal sex in the dictionary

  1. anal sac
  2. anal sacs
  3. anal sadism
  4. anal sadist
  5. anal sadists
  6. anal sex
  7. anal sphincter
  8. anal sphincters
  9. anal stage
  10. anal stages
  11. anal vein

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anal sex (page history and authors); পায়ুকাম (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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