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English
Noun
sex shop (plural sex shops)
- A shop that sells sex toys, erotic lingerie, pornography etc.
Synonyms
Translations
shop that sells sexual merchandise
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sex shop.
Pronunciation
Noun
sex shop m inan
- sex shop
Declension
Further reading
- sex shop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sex shop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sex shop.
Pronunciation
Noun
sex shop m (plural sex shops)
- sex shop (shop that sells sexual merchandise)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sex shop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌseɡs ˈʃop/
- Syllabification: sex shop
Noun
sex shop m (plural sex shops)
- sex shop
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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