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copulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“to join, unite, connect”).

Meanings

(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion. 2019, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, History and Applications, page 401:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
- Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. c. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Letter VIII:
- In the dusky streets around me ruled an innocent and open copulation. The entire town mated together, in the leafy bowers that had sprung up among the washing-machines and television sets in the shopping mall, on the settees and divans by the furniture store, in the tropical paradises of the suburban gardens. 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
copulations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (81)

ro copulație (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pl kopulacja (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt junção (the act of joining) · ru копуля́ция (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · vo koit (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · id kopulasi (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · fi liittäminen (the act of joining) · ka შეწყვილება (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt acoplamento (the act of joining) · vi giao phối (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ro unire (the act of joining) · fi parittelu (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · lt dauginimasis (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · de Koitus (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt união (the act of joining) · fi yhdistyminen (the act of joining) · eo kopulacio (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · de Kohabitation (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · tl pagtatalik (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ka კოპულაცია (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · de Verbindung (the act of joining) · fi liittyminen (the act of joining) · ja 性交 (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ms persetubuhan (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · es copulación (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · nl copulatie (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ka კოიტუსი (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ru соедине́ние (the act of joining) · de Kopulation (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · et kopulatsioon (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · bg съвкупление (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt coito (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · tl pagsasama (the act of joining) · kk қатынас жасау (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt cópula (the act of joining) · el συνουσία (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · es coito (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ru ко́итус (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · te రతి (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · sv kopulation (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · sk párenie (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · hi संयोग (the act of joining) · es copulación (the act of joining) · fi yhtyminen (the act of joining) · hy կապում (the act of joining) · ro împerechere (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ar مُضَاجَعَة (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · fi yhdistäminen (the act of joining) · ar سفاد (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ms hubungan jenis (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · de Akt (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · bg свързване (the act of joining) · grc μίξις (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · es cópula (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ar جِمَاع (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ka შეერთება (the act of joining) · ms mengawan (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt ligação (the act of joining) · fr copulation (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ka გაერთიანება (the act of joining) · de Paarung (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt acoplagem (the act of joining) · ms kopulasi (the act of joining) · tl pag-copulate (the act of joining) · ms kopulasi (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ru совокупле́ние (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ru сноше́ние (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ka სქესობრივი აქტი (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · pt cópula (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ro împerechere (the act of joining) · de Begattung (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · kk шағылысу (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · hy զուգավորում (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · de Beischlaf (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · fi koplaus (the act of joining) · es cópula (the act of joining) · sk kopulácia (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · et paaritumine (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · grc συνουσίᾱ (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · ms persanggamaan (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) · hi संभोग (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)

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