bristrek Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 So, I'm looking for the word asexual in as many possible languages as possible. I have it in German, Chinese, Arabic, Italian, apparently it's the same in Spanish but any others it'd be awesome and much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
bristrek Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 In hebrew it's א-מיני for a guy and א-מינית for a girl, but you can't read that obviously. Well, I don't know what it sounds like but I was given this: Which is..... different. I didn't know there was a boy/girl thing going on in Hebrew either so.... any ideas? ETA: Person who gave it to me tells me it's plural and so is as close to gender neutral as possible. We're doing that in cases where it's gendered and that works. Link to post Share on other sites
Zasx150 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm pretty sure the ים at the end is plural, but then again, it's been three years since my last hebrew lesson... Link to post Share on other sites
Leelian Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Well, I found "asexual" in French, but it is used in biology. It's asexué. Je suis un asexué! Where I found it. Link to post Share on other sites
Måskemigselvetsted Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 In Danish, it is aseksuel. I actually like the English word better, but maybe it's just because I've gotten used to it Link to post Share on other sites
Capslock Cadet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Should be "asexuell" in Swedish. "Jag är asexuell" = "I am asexual". Link to post Share on other sites
Guest member25959 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I think it's "Vô tính" in Vietnamese, but I think they just use asexual more often than that. Link to post Share on other sites
Pawn Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Well, I found "asexual" in French, but it is used in biology. It's asexué. Je suis un asexué! Where I found it. Eeeerrrrr... Heheh. I'll just correct it. ^_^ In French, an "asexual," talking of the sexual orientation, is an «Asexuel» for the male form, and «Asexuelle» for the female form. I'm saying this not only to show the real answer but also to POINT OUT that if someone calls you an «Asexué(e)», then either they need further information or asexuality, they're teasing you or insulting you, depending on what you are... «Asexué» is mostly used in biologic terminology, as you said... But it's referring to, for example, asexual reproduction («Reproduction asexuée»). The point is that it can also refer to an organism that has no sex/gender... so if you're a gendered asexual and you still like the way you are, and that a French stranger calls you "asexué"... Careful. Link to post Share on other sites
Kitty Spoon Train Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Croatian... Aseksualnost - Asexuality. Aseksualac - Asexual (male singular noun). Aseksualka - Asexual (female singular noun). Aseksualci - Asexuals (male or mixed group noun). Aseksualke - Asexuals (all female group noun). The first one will be understood as "asexuality". The second two are what you would, for example, carry as a label for "self" as a single personal noun (like what would be on your shirt in a rally if you're labelling yourself as an asexual there). Two last two are if you're, say, carrying a banner for groups of asexuals. Okay, that was probably overkill. :P Link to post Share on other sites
DracoBorealis Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Finnish - aseksuaali Swedish - aseksuell (I think) Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Degas Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Faroese. I'll just do the same as Guzica did, as my lamguage is also one of those annoying ones where you differenciate between gender :P Aseksualitetur - Asexuality Aseksuellur - Asexual (male singular pronoun) Aseksuel - Asexuel (female singular pronoun) Aseksuelt - Asexual (neutral singular pronoun) Aseksuellir - Asexual (male group noun) Aseksuel - Asexual (female, neutral or mixed group noun) Link to post Share on other sites
bristrek Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Well, I found "asexual" in French, but it is used in biology. It's asexué. Je suis un asexué! Where I found it. Eeeerrrrr... Heheh. I'll just correct it. ^_^ In French, an "asexual," talking of the sexual orientation, is an «Asexuel» for the male form, and «Asexuelle» for the female form. I'm saying this not only to show the real answer but also to POINT OUT that if someone calls you an «Asexué(e)», then either they need further information or asexuality, they're teasing you or insulting you, depending on what you are... «Asexué» is mostly used in biologic terminology, as you said... But it's referring to, for example, asexual reproduction («Reproduction asexuée»). The point is that it can also refer to an organism that has no sex/gender... so if you're a gendered asexual and you still like the way you are, and that a French stranger calls you "asexué"... Careful. Is there a gender neutral term that isn't biological? In some times like this we're using the plural of asexual to get around it. BTW, thanks for all the answers people. Link to post Share on other sites
NuavKaffe Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Indeed it is "asexual" in Spanish (pronounced [ä.sekˈsuäl], like ah-sexuAL in English.) Like in English, it's the same word for the aces, for the asexual reproduction, and for the beings without sexual organs. It doesn't distinguish gender and can work both like adjective and noun. (whew, an easy word) The plural is "asexuales" ([ä.sekˈsuä.les], kind of ah-sexuAL-less n English.)) From what I know about Gallician, the word is exactly the same... And I can't find any standard word in Esperanto. A dictionary search brings "heteroseksa"/"aliseksema" (adjective) heterosexual... so if anyone wanted to coin a new word in Esperanto it would be "aseksa", or better, "senseksema" or "neseksema" (all of them adjectives). My guess. (to refer to a person, replace the last "a" with "ulo") Link to post Share on other sites
bristrek Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Okay, so French translator hasn't responded at all - anybody know what 'asexual and proud' is in French? Link to post Share on other sites
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