copulate
English
Etymology
Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.
Pronunciation
- (verb)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
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- Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
- (adjective)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/
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Verb
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
- fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff
- See also Thesaurus:copulate
Related terms
- copulin
- copulation
- copulator
- copulatee
- copulable
- copulability
Translations
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
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 863521290:
- the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd
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- (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
- 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language
Anagrams
- outplace
Italian
Verb
copulate
- inflection of copulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
copulate f pl
- feminine plural of copulato
Anagrams
- peculato
Latin
Verb
cōpulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of cōpulō
References
- “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