copulate

English

Etymology

Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle from stem copulat-

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈkɒp.jə.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQp.j@.leIt/
Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
(US) IPA: /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/. X-SAMPA: /"kO.pj@.leIt/

Verb

copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)

To engage in sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

fuck, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together
See also Wikisaurus:copulate

Related terms

copulin
copulation

Translations

to engage in sexual intercourse

Bulgarian: съвокуплявам се (bg) (sǎvokupljavam se)
Estonian: paarituma (et)
Finnish: paritella (fi)
French: coïter (fr)
German: kopulieren (de)
Kurdish: perîn, gunhêlî kirin, cot bûn, gan
Malay: mengawan (ms)

Maori: ai (mi), mahimahi (mi), onioni (mi), tauonioni (mi)
Polish: spółkować (pl), kopulować (pl)
Portuguese: copular (pt)
Russian: (intransitive) совокупляться (ru) (sovokuplját'sja) impf., совокупиться (ru) (sovokupít'sja) pf., сношаться (ru) (snošát'sja) impf.
Scottish Gaelic: (birds) cliath (gd)
Spanish: copular (es)