coitus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- coetus (rare)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/, /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪ.təs/, /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/
Noun edit
coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)
- (formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration.
- 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):
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Derived terms
Translations edit
sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.i.tus/, [ˈkoɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.i.tus/, [ˈkɔːit̪us]
Noun edit
coitus m (genitive coitūs); fourth declension
- a coming or meeting
- a joining, combination
- sexual intercourse, copulation
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | coitus | coitūs |
Genitive | coitūs | coituum |
Dative | coituī | coitibus |
Accusative | coitum | coitūs |
Ablative | coitū | coitibus |
Vocative | coitus | coitūs |
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Descendants edit
(all borrowed)
- Catalan: coit
- English: coitus
- Middle French: coit
- Galician: coito
- Italian: coito
- German: Koitus
- Portuguese: coito
- Swedish: coitus
- Ukrainian: ко́їтус (kójitus)
References edit
- “coitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
coitus
Usage notes edit
Uninflected.