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)

1. 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)

Anagrams

• outplace

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Italian

Verb

copulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of copulare
2. second-person plural imperative of copulare
3. Feminine plural of copulato

Anagrams

• peculato

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Latin

Verb

cōpulāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of cōpulō