copulate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒp.jə.leɪt/, SAMPA: /"kQp.j@.leIt/
• Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/. 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, bang, sleep together
• See also Wikisaurus:copulate

Related terms

• copulin
• copulation

Translations

to engage in sexual intercourse

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

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