copulate
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.
Pronunciation edit
- (verb)
- (adjective)
Verb edit
copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)
- (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.
Synonyms edit
- fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff
- See also Thesaurus:copulate
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to engage in sexual intercourse
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copulate — see mate
copulate — see cover
take part in a sexual act — see have sex
to engage in sexual intercourse — see make love
to have sexual intercourse with someone, something — see mount
to have sexual intercourse with — see bed
Adjective edit
copulate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd
- (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
- 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language:
- Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
copulate
- inflection of copulare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
copulate f pl
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
cōpulāte
References edit
- “copulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- copulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish edit
Verb edit
copulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of copular combined with te