coitus
English
Alternative forms
- coetus (rare, hypercorrect)
- coïtus
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/, /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪ.təs/, /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/
Noun
coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)
- (formal, now also 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):
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
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Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkoˀitus]
Noun
coitus (singular definite ~, plural indefinite coitus)
- (formal) sex in general
Synonyms
Derived terms
Fixed Expressions
Further reading
- “coitus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈko.ɪ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.i.t̪us]
Noun
coitus m (genitive coitūs); fourth declension
- a coming or meeting
- a joining, combination
- sexual intercourse, copulation
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coitus | coitūs |
| genitive | coitūs | coituum |
| dative | coituī | coitibus |
| accusative | coitum | coitūs |
| ablative | coitū | coitibus |
| vocative | coitus | coitūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
(all borrowed)
- Catalan: coit
- English: coitus
- Middle French: coit
- Galician: coito
- Italian: coito
- German: Koitus
- Portuguese: coito
- Swedish: coitus
- Ukrainian: ко́їтус (kójitus)
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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Noun
coitus ? (indeclinable)