copulate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt, -ɒpjʊleɪt, -ɔpjəleɪt

Verb

copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)

(somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.
The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.

Synonyms

fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff
See also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to engage in sexual intercourse

Arabic: جَامَعَ (jāmaʕa), ضَاجَعَ (ḍājaʕa), مَارَسَ الْجِنْس (mārasa l-jins)
Armenian: զուգավորել (hy) (zugavorel)
Bulgarian: съвокуплявам се (sǎvokupljavam se)
Catalan: copular (ca)
Cebuano: iyot (vulgar)
Chichewa: kugonana, kupita
Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ (nouhb)
Czech: souložit (cs) impf
Danish: kopulere
Esperanto: seksumi (eo), amori (eo)
Estonian: paarituma
Finnish: rakastella (fi) (chiefly humans); paritella (fi) (chiefly animals)
French: coïter (fr)
Georgian: კოპულირებს (ḳoṗulirebs), წყვილდება (c̣q̇vildeba) (of animals), ჯვარდება (ǯvardeba) (of animals)
German: kopulieren (de), beischlafen (de), vögeln (de)
Greek:
Ancient: μίγνυμαι (mígnumai), σύνειμι (súneimi)
Hawaiian: ai
Hindi: मैथुन (hi) m (maithun), संभोग (hi) m (sambhog), सहवास (hi) m (sahvās), चुदाई (hi) f (cudāī) (slang, informal)
Hungarian: közösül (hu), párosodik (hu), párzik (hu), üzekedik (hu), közösül (hu)
Ido: koitar (io)
Ilocano: iyot (vulgar)
Ingrian: koinia (chiefly humans), hässiä (chiefly animals)
Japanese:性交する(seikō-suru),

まぐわう(maguwau, obsolete)

Jarai: tĕ
Kapampangan: karat (vulgar)
Karok: kuth, ihravrikûunish
Kazakh: қосылдыру (qosyldyru)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: perîn (ku), gunhêlî kirin, cot bûn (ku), gan (ku)
Latin: coeō
Malay: berasmara, senggama, jimak (ms), amput
Maori: ai, mahimahi, onioni, tauonioni, tōkai, hika
Middle English: comunen
Nauruan: meir
Nepali: चिक्नु (ciknu)
Old English: hǣman
Persian: جفت گرفتن (joft gereftan), مرزیدن (fa) (morzidan)
Polish: spółkować (pl), kopulować (pl)
Portuguese: copular (pt)
Romanian: împerechea (ro)
Russian: (intransitive) совокупля́ться (ru) impf (sovokupljátʹsja), совокупи́ться (ru) pf (sovokupítʹsja), сноша́ться (ru) impf (snošátʹsja), спа́риваться (ru) impf (spárivatʹsja), спа́риваться (ru) impf (spárivatʹsja), спа́риться (ru) pf (spáritʹsja) (of animals)
Sanskrit: यभति (sa) (yabhati)
Scottish Gaelic: (birds) cliath
Spanish: copular (es)
Tagalog: kantutin (tl) (vulgar), italik
Ukrainian: зляга́тися impf (zljahátysja), злягти́ся pf (zljahtýsja)
Volapük: koitön (vo)

copulate — see mate

copulate — see cover

take part in a sexual act — see have sex

to engage in sexual intercourse — see make love

to have sexual intercourse with someone, something — see mount

to have sexual intercourse with — see bed

Etymology 2

From Latin cōpulātus, the perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/
- Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

copulate (not comparable)

(obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd
(grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
- 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language:
  Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax

Anagrams

outplace

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

copulate

inflection of copulare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

copulate f pl

feminine plural of copulato

Anagrams

peculato

Latin

Verb

cōpulāte

second-person plural present active imperative of cōpulō

References

“copulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
copulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

copulate

second-person singular voseo imperative of copular combined with te