copulate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (verb)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
      • (file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
      • (file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
  • (adjective)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/
      • (file)

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

copulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
  2. (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

Italian

Verb

copulate

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

Participle

copulate f pl

  1. 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.

Spanish

Verb

copulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of copular combined with te
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