coitus
/ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/US/ˈkɔɪ.təs/
coitus noun: sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
Noun
coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)
- Sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
- Wolowitz: Hang on. There really is a lady here?
Leonard: Uh-huh.
Wolowitz: And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus?
Leonard: No, she’s just a friend.
Wolowitz: So she’s available for coitus?
Leonard: No, she’s – –2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26)
- Synonyms:
- intercourse, congress, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coition, commerce, commixtion, conjunction, connection, consummation
- Wolowitz: Hang on. There really is a lady here?
coitus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
coitus in Hindi
- sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
- मैथुन maithun
coitus in Tamil
- sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
- புணர்ச்சி puṇarcci
coitus in Marathi
- sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
- मैथुन maithun, संभोग sambhog
coitus in Urdu
- coitus
- میتھن maithun
More languagesFewer languages
- coitus in Telugu
- రతి rati, మైథునము maithunamu
- coitus in Malayalam
- ലെെംഗകികബന്ധം, ലിംഗബന്ധം, ഭോഗം, സംഭോഗം
- coitus in Kannada
- ಸಂಭೋಗ
- coitus in Sanskrit
- अङ्गसङ्ग áṅgasaṅga
- coitus in Pashto
- غو
- coitus in Tagalog
- hindutan
- coitus in Arabic
- جِمَاع jimāʕ, مُجَامَعَة mujāmaʕa, مُضَاجَعَة muḍājaʕa
- coitus in Indonesian
- koitus
- coitus in Persian
- مجامعه mojâme'e, مرزش morzeš
- coitus in Vietnamese
- sự giao cấu, tính giao, giao cấu
Synonyms of coitus
- intercourse
- congress
- carnal knowledge
- coition
- connection
- consummation
- copulation
- coupling
- intimacy
- intimate relations
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- intromission
- joining
- lovemaking
- lustmaking
- mating
- mounting
- pareunia
- penetration
- relations
- sex
- sexual congress
- sexual intercourse
- sexual relation
- sexual union
- swiving
- union
- the beast with two backs
- the birds and the bees
- boom-boom
- chesterfield rugby
- horizontal dancing
- horizontal hula
- horizontal jogging
- horizontal mambo
- horizontal refreshments
- horizontal slam dance
- how's your father
- love
- Netflix and chill
- physical love
Forms of coitus
| plural | coituses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | coïtus |
| alternative hypercorrect (rare) | coetus |
Origin of coitus
From Latin coitus.
Words formed from coitus
Questions about coitus
- What does coitus mean?
- Coitus means sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
- What is coitus in Hindi?
- Coitus in Hindi is मैथुन (maithun). See Coitus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coitus?
- Coitus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coitus?
- Coitus is pronounced /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coitus?
- The plural of coitus is coituses.
Words near coitus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coitus (page history and authors); میتھن (Urdu) (page history and authors); coitus (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); coitus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अङ्गसङ्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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