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/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/ 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. ===== Synonyms ===== fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff See also Thesaurus:copulate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === 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/ ==== Adjective ==== copulate (not comparable) (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. === Anagrams === outplace == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== copulate inflection of copulare: second-person plural present indicative 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