copulate
/ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt//ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
copulate verb: to engage in sexual intercourse.
Verb
copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)
- To engage in sexual intercourse.
- The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.
Adjective
UK/ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/US/ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/
copulate (not comparable)
- Joined; associated; coupled.
- the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
- Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
- Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language
copulate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
copulate in Hindi
- to engage in sexual intercourse
- मैथुन maithun, संभोग sambhog, सहवास sahvās, चुदाई cudāī
copulate in Tamil
- புணர்
copulate in Marathi
- to copulate, have sex
- झवणे j̈havṇe
copulate in Urdu
- to copulate
- چودنا codnā
More languagesFewer languages
- copulate in Bengali
- মিলিত হওয়া, সঙ্গম করা
- copulate in Telugu
- సంభోగించు sambhōgiñcu, రమించు ramiñcu
- copulate in Malayalam
- സംഭോഗത്തിലേർപ്പെടുക, സംഭോഗം ചെയ്യുക, ഇണചേരുക, സ്ത്രീസംഭോഗം ചെയ്യുക
- copulate in Kannada
- ಕೇ, ಕೆಂದು, ಸಂಭೋಗಿಸು, ಕೂಡು
- copulate in Gujarati
- ચોદવું codvũ
- copulate in Sanskrit
- यभति yabhati
- copulate in Nepali
- चिक्नु ciknu
- copulate in Tagalog
- kantutin, italik
- copulate in Arabic
- جَامَعَ jāmaʕa, ضَاجَعَ ḍājaʕa, مَارَسَ الْجِنْس mārasa l-jins
- copulate in Malay
- berasmara, senggama, jimak, amput
- copulate in Persian
- جفت گرفتن joft gereftan, مرزیدن morzidan
Synonyms of copulate
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- exchange flesh
- have intimate relations
- have marital relations
- have sexual relations
- intercourse
- know
- know someone in the biblical sense
- mate
- share a bed
- beat
- bone
- boink
- bonk
- bop
- bounce
- breed
- bump nasties
- bump uglies
- catch a dick
- clap cheeks
- crack
- dance
- discuss Uganda
- dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
- do it
- do the deed
- do the nasty
- eff
- frack
- frak
Antonyms
Forms of copulate
| third-person singular present | copulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | copulating |
| past participle | copulated |
| past | copulated |
Origin of copulate
From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler.
From Latin cōpulātus, the perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Words formed from copulate
Questions about copulate
- What does copulate mean?
- Copulate means to engage in sexual intercourse.
- What is copulate in Hindi?
- Copulate in Hindi is मैथुन (maithun), संभोग (sambhog), सहवास (sahvās). See Copulate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is copulate?
- Copulate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce copulate?
- Copulate is pronounced /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of copulate?
- The past tense of copulate is copulated.
Words near copulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: copulate (page history and authors); copulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); झवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); چودنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); copulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రమించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); copulate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); copulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચોદવું (Gujarati) (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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