intercourse

See also: Intercourse

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French entrecours, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin intercursus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/, /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

intercourse (countable and uncountable, plural intercourses)

1. Communication, conversation.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

2. Dealings between countries.
3. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
4. Sexual intercourse usually involving humans.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:copulation.

Translations

communication, conversation

• Arabic: حِوَار (ar) m (ḥiwār)
• Bulgarian: общение n (obštenie), общуване (bg) n (obštuvane)
• Dutch: betrekkingen (nl) f pl
• Finnish: kanssakäyminen (fi), keskustelu (fi)
• German: Beziehungen (de) f pl, Umgang (de) m, Verkehr (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: συνουσία f (sunousía)

• Hindi: संवाद (hi) m (samvād)
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• Macedonian: општење n (opštenje), однос m (odnos)
• Portuguese: comunicação (pt) f
• Russian: обще́ние (ru) n (obščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: snošaj (sh)
• Spanish: conversación (es)
• Swahili: uhusiano (sw)

dealings between countries

• Dutch: betrekkingen (nl) f pl
• Finnish: suhteet (fi) pl
• Georgian: კავშირები (ḳavširebi), ურთიერთობები (urtiertobebi), ურთიერთმიმართება (urtiertmimarteba)
• German: Beziehungen (de) f pl
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• Macedonian: однос m (odnos), односи pl (odnosi)
• Portuguese: comunicação (pt) f
• Russian: свя́зи (ru) f pl (svjázi), отноше́ния (ru) n pl (otnošénija), взаимоотноше́ния (ru) n pl (vzaimootnošénija)
• Serbo-Croatian: snošaj (sh)

dealings with people, including commerce and trade

• Bulgarian: отношения (bg) n pl (otnošenija)
• German: Beziehungen (de) f pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὁμιλία f (homilía)

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• Macedonian: однос m (odnos)
• Persian: آمیزش (fa) (âmizeš)
• Russian: отноше́ния (ru) n pl (otnošénija), свя́зи (ru) f pl (svjázi)

sexual intercourse

• Arabic: جِمَاع m (jimāʕ)
• Belarusian: палавы́я зно́сіны f pl (palavýja znósiny), палавы́ акт m (palavý akt), пло́цевы акт m (plócjevy akt)
• Bulgarian: полов акт m (polov akt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性交 (zh) (xìngjiāo)

• Czech: styk (cs) m
• Danish: samleje (da) n
• Dutch: geslachtsverkeer (nl) n, sexuele betrekkingen f pl
• Esperanto: koito, sekskuniĝo
• Finnish: sukupuoliyhdyntä (fi), yhdyntä (fi)
• French: relation sexuelle (fr) f
• Galician: relación sexual f
• Georgian: სქესობრივი კავშირი (skesobrivi ḳavširi), სქესობრივი აქტი (skesobrivi akṭi)
• German: Geschlechtsverkehr (de) m, Verkehr (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: συνουσία f (sunousía), λαγνεία f (lagneía), μίξις f (míxis), ὁμιλία f (homilía)

• Hindi: सम्भोग (hi) m (sambhog)
• Hungarian: közösülés (hu)
• Italian: rapporto sessuale m
• Japanese: 性交 (ja) (せいこう, seikō)
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• Korean: 성교 (ko) (seonggyo)
• Macedonian: полов однос m (polov odnos), сексуа́лен однос m (seksuálen odnos)
• Maori: aitanga
• Mongolian: хурьцал (mn) (xurʹcal)
• Nahuatl: yecoa
• Norwegian: samleie (no) n
• Old English: hǣmed n, hǣmedlāc n
• Persian: آمیزش (fa) (âmizeš), آمیزش جنسی (âmizeš-e jensi)
• Polish: stosunek płciowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: sexo (pt) m
• Russian: сноше́ние (ru) n (snošénije), совокупле́ние (ru) n (sovokuplénije), полово́е сноше́ние (ru) n (polovóje snošénije), полово́й акт (ru) m (polovój akt)
• Scots: intercoorse, shag
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: polni snošaj m

• Spanish: coito (es) m, acto sexual m, relación sexual (es)
• Swedish: samlag (sv)
• Ukrainian: стате́ві зно́сини f pl (statévi znósyny)
• Vietnamese: sự giao cấu (vi)

See also

• outercourse

Verb

1. (nonstandard, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

Anagrams

• intersource