coitus

English

Alternative forms

• coetus (rare)

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/, /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪ.təs/, /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/

Noun

coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)

1. (formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration.
   • 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):

     Wolowitz:   Hang on. There really is a lady here?
     Leonard:   Uh-huh.
     Wolowitz:   And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus?
     Leonard:   No, she’s just a friend.
     Wolowitz:   So she’s available for coitus?
     Leonard:   No, she’s – –

Synonyms

• For semantic relationships of this term, see copulation in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• coit
• coital
• coitally
• coitarche

• coitize
• coitizer
• coitus interruptus
• coitus reservatus

Translations

sexual interaction — See also translations at sexual intercourse

• Arabic: جِمَاع‏‎ m (jimāʿ), مُجَامَعَة‏‎ f (mujāmaʿa), مُضَاجَعَة‏‎ f (muḍājaʿa)
• Catalan: coit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性交 (zh) (xìngjiāo)

• Czech: soulož (cs) f
• Dutch: coïtus (nl) m
• Finnish: sukupuoliyhdyntä (fi)
• French: coït (fr) m
• Galician: coito m
• Georgian: შეჯვარება (šeǯvareba), სექსუალური აქტი (seksualuri akṭi), კოიტუსი (ḳoiṭusi)
• German: Koitus (de) m, Geschlechtsverkehr (de) m
• Greek: συνουσία (el) f (synousía)
• Hebrew: בְּעִילָה‏‎ (he) f (be'ilá)

• Ido: koito (io)
• Italian: coito (it) m
• Japanese: 性交 (ja) (せいこう, seikō)
• Korean: 성교 (ko) (seonggyo) (性交 (ko))
• Lithuanian: sueitis f
• Pashto: غو‏‎ (γo)
• Portuguese: coito (pt) m
• Romanian: coit (ro) n
• Russian: полово́е сноше́ние (ru) n (polovóje snošénije), сноше́ние (ru) n (snošénije), полово́й акт (ru) m (polovój akt), совокупле́ние (ru) n (sovokuplénije), ко́итус (ru) m (kóitus)
• Spanish: coito (es) m
• Swedish: samlag (sv)
• Tagalog: hindutan
• Vietnamese: sự giao cấu (vi), tính giao (vi) (性交), giao cấu (vi)

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Latin

Etymology

From coeō.

Alternative forms

• coetus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.i.tus/, [ˈkɔ.ɪ.tʊs]

Noun

coitus m (genitive coitūs); fourth declension

1. a coming or meeting
2. a joining, combination
3. sexual intercourse

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coitus	coitūs
genitive	coitūs	coituum
dative	coituī	coitibus
accusative	coitum	coitūs
ablative	coitū	coitibus
vocative	coitus	coitūs

Descendants

• English: coitus
• Portuguese: coito
• Romanian: coit

References

• coitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “coitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)