copulation

English

Etymology

copulate +‎ -tion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /kQp.j@"leI.S@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

copulation (countable and uncountable; plural copulations)

1. (countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
2. (uncountable) The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual intercourse; coition.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse

Translations

the act of joining

• Bulgarian: свързване (bg) n (svǎrzvane)
• Finnish: liittäminen, liittyminen, yhdistäminen, yhdistyminen, yhtyminen, koplaus

• Malay: kopulasi (ms)
• Russian: соединение (ru) (sojedinénije) n 

the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse

• Arabic: مُضَاجَعَة (ar) (muḍājaʿa) f
• Bulgarian: съвкупление (bg) n (sǎvkuplenie)
• Dutch: copulatie (nl) f
• Estonian: paaritumine (et), kopulatsioon (et)
• Finnish: parittelu (fi)

• Lithuanian: dauginimasis (lt) m
• Malay: kopulasi (ms)
• Russian: сношение (ru) (snošénije) n , совокупление (ru) (sovokuplénije) n 
• Telugu: రతి (te)