copulate

English

Etymology

Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jə.leɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/

Verb

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

  1. To engage in sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

Translations
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

Adjective

copulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of F. A. March to this entry?)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

copulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of copulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of copulare
  3. feminine plural of copulato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cōpulāte

  1. 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
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