intercourse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/ (General-American)
- /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Communication, conversation.
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.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.
1604 (first performance), George Chapman, Al Fooles: A Comedy, […], London: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, Act II, signature [D4], verso:And indeed, what more reliable authority could Berlioz have found than Cavaillé-Coll, with whom he had frequent intercourse, and who would have been better qualified than any one else to give him correct information?
1906, Edward Suddard, chapter 4, in The Technique of the Modern Orchestra^(https://imslp.org/wiki/Technique_de_l%27orchestre_moderne_(Widor%2C_Charles-Marie)), translation of Technique de l'orchestre moderne by Charles-Marie Widor, page 139:this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles
1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:It might seem that with age places gained upon persons in interest to my mind; and that my pleasure grew in intercourse with things rather than with ideas.
1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:
- (countable, uncountable) Dealings between countries.
- (countable, uncountable) Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
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(countable, uncountable) Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.
2023 March 21, Zoe Williams, “The orgasm gap – and how to close it: ‘Don’t equate sex and penetration’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intercourses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
urethral intercourse · nonintercourse · preintercourse · intercourser · anal intercourse · mammary intercourse · intercoursal
Relateds
Synonyms
how's your father · Ugandan discussions · mounting · skin · intimacy · cuntfuck · frig · aphrodisia · root · sexual union · pussy · legover · Netflix and chill · commerce · snu snu · plow · jiggy-jiggy · ass · horizontal dancing · carnal knowledge · hump · trim · penetration · sexual congress · jiggery-pokery · mating · coition · the birds and the bees · hot beef injection · pipe · fooling around · making whoopee · sexy times · physical love · pareunia · copulation · love · poontang · poon · roll in the hay · bang · lovemaking · connection · sexy time · coupling · consummation · humpa humpa · lustmaking · jig-jig · plough · intercourse · fucky-fucky · horizontal hula · hanky-panky · horizontal refreshments · sexual intercourse · relations · intromission · commixtion · the beast with two backs · screw · chesterfield rugby · intimate relations · seeing-to · beef injection · fucking · conversation · barney-mugging · rumpy-pumpy · funny business · action · bonking · lay · punani · horizontal slam dance · boom-boom · rumpo · tang · fooling about · shag · meat injection · ride · nookie · union · congress · joining · horizontal jogging · horizontal mambo · coitus · swiving · sexual relation · playing around · Ugandan affairs · monkey business · screwing · coitus · old hat · sex · conjunction
Translations (117)
hu közösülés (sexual intercourse) · it amplesso (sexual intercourse) · bg общу́ване (communication, conversation) · sh snȍšāj (communication, conversation) · fa آمیزش (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · ang hǣmed (sexual intercourse) · sms õhttmõõžž (sexual intercourse) · es acto sexual (sexual intercourse) · grc συνουσίᾱ (sexual intercourse) · eo sekskuniĝo (sexual intercourse) · it rapporto sessuale (sexual intercourse) · ml ലൈംഗികബന്ധം (sexual intercourse) · pt sexo (sexual intercourse) · vi sự giao cấu (sexual intercourse) · nl conversatie (communication, conversation) · ru взаимоотноше́ния (dealings between countries) · mk општење (communication, conversation) · de Verkehr (sexual intercourse) · ml സംഭോഗം (sexual intercourse) · se anašeapmi (sexual intercourse) · sw uhusiano (communication, conversation) · sh polni snošaj (sexual intercourse) · de Beziehungen (communication, conversation) · nl communicatie (communication, conversation) · bg по́лов акт (sexual intercourse) · fr relation sexuelle (sexual intercourse) · de Geschlechtsverkehr (sexual intercourse) · es conversación (communication, conversation) · cu съходъ (sexual intercourse) · is mök (communication, conversation) · hi सहवास (sexual intercourse) · uk стате́вий акт (sexual intercourse) · gl relación sexual (sexual intercourse) · is mök (sexual intercourse) · mk однос (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · pl stosunek płciowy (sexual intercourse) · ka სქესობრივი კავშირი (sexual intercourse) · nah yecoa (sexual intercourse) · ko 성교 (sexual intercourse) · sco shag (sexual intercourse) · sh сно̏ша̄ј (dealings between countries) · el συνουσία (sexual intercourse) · de Beziehungen (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · sh snȍšāj (dealings between countries) · grc ὁμῑλίᾱ (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · ru полово́е сноше́ние (sexual intercourse) · de Verkehr (communication, conversation) · be палавы́ акт (sexual intercourse) · ru свя́зи (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · es relación sexual (sexual intercourse) · pt comunicação (dealings between countries) · fi kanssakäyminen (communication, conversation) · sk styk (sexual intercourse) · ja 性交 (sexual intercourse) · ka კავშირები (dealings between countries) · be палавы́я зно́сіны (sexual intercourse) · fa آمیزش جنسی (sexual intercourse) · ru полово́й акт (sexual intercourse) · ka ურთიერთმიმართება (dealings between countries) · pt comunicação (communication, conversation) · bg отноше́ния (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · de Umgang (communication, conversation) · fi sukupuoliyhdyntä (sexual intercourse) · mk односи (dealings between countries) · sl spolni odnos (sexual intercourse) · hi सम्भोग (sexual intercourse) · nl sexuele betrekkingen (sexual intercourse) · ru сноше́ние (sexual intercourse) · fi suhteet (dealings between countries) · ang hǣmedlāc (sexual intercourse) · hi मैथुन (sexual intercourse) · sh полни сношај (sexual intercourse) · ru отноше́ния (dealings with people, including commerce and trade) · smn onâččem (sexual intercourse) · bg обще́ние (communication, conversation) · ka ურთიერთობები (dealings between countries) · sco intercoorse (sexual intercourse) · grc λαγνείᾱ (sexual intercourse) · sl spolno občevanje (sexual intercourse) · nl onderhandelingen (dealings between countries) · mi aitanga (sexual intercourse) · grc ὁμῑλίᾱ (sexual intercourse) · cmn 性交 (sexual intercourse) · fi yhdyntä (sexual intercourse) · ar حِوَار (communication, conversation) · ru совокупле́ние (sexual intercourse) · mn хурьцал (sexual intercourse) · ru отноше́ния (dealings between countries) · nb samleie (sexual intercourse) · ru свя́зи (dealings between countries) · hi संवाद (communication, conversation) · nl betrekkingen (dealings between countries) · mk сексуа́лен однос (sexual intercourse) · eo koito (sexual intercourse) · grc μίξις (sexual intercourse) · nl geslachtsverkeer (sexual intercourse) · ang ġemāna (communication, conversation) · de Beziehungen (dealings between countries) · sv samlag (sexual intercourse) · ar جِمَاع (sexual intercourse) · cs styk (sexual intercourse) · zlw-osk obecenstvo (communication, conversation) · mk однос (dealings between countries) · ka სქესობრივი აქტი (sexual intercourse) · uk стате́ві зно́сини (sexual intercourse) · fa آمیزش (sexual intercourse) · es coito (sexual intercourse) · kl atoqatigiinneq (sexual intercourse) · fi keskustelu (communication, conversation) · be пло́цевы акт (sexual intercourse) · sh сно̏ша̄ј (communication, conversation) · grc συνουσίᾱ (communication, conversation) · mk полов однос (sexual intercourse) · da samleje (sexual intercourse) · mk однос (communication, conversation) · ru обще́ние (communication, conversation) · cu съложениѥ (sexual intercourse)