copulation
/kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
copulation noun: the act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
Noun
copulation (countable and uncountable, plural copulations)
- The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion.2019, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, History and Applications, page 401
- Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
- Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.c. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Letter VIII
- In the dusky streets around me ruled an innocent and open copulation. The entire town mated together, in the leafy bowers that had sprung up among the washing-machines and television sets in the shopping mall, on the settees and divans by the furniture store, in the tropical paradises of the...1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30
copulation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
copulation in Hindi
- the act of joining
- संयोग sãyog
- the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse
- संभोग sambhog
copulation in Tamil
- பாலுறவு, மெய்ப்புணர்ச்சி, புணர்ச்சி, சம்வாசம், பிணைவு, புணர்தல்
copulation in Marathi
- copulation, sexual intercourse
- मैथुन maithun
copulation in Urdu
- copulation
- میتھن maithun
More languagesFewer languages
- copulation in Telugu
- రతి rati
- copulation in Malayalam
- സംഭോഗം, ലെെംഗകികബന്ധം, ലിംഗബന്ധം, ഭോഗം
- copulation in Sanskrit
- क्रीडारत्न krīḍāratna, निधुवन nidhuvana, परिमल parimala, शयन śáyana
- copulation in Tagalog
- pagsasama, pag-copulate, pagtatalik
- copulation in Arabic
- مُضَاجَعَة muḍājaʕa, جِمَاع jimāʕ, سفاد
- copulation in Malay
- kopulasi, persetubuhan, persanggamaan, hubungan jenis
- copulation in Indonesian
- kopulasi
- copulation in Vietnamese
- giao phối
Examples of copulation in a sentence
- After the completion of copulation, the number of eupyrene sperm bundles in a spermatophore gradually decreased.
- The vision is not simply of a jungle of wild copulations, but of filth, fecality, bestiality.
- That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks: Birth, and copulation, and death.
Synonyms of copulation
- carnal knowledge
- coitus
- coition
- connection
- consummation
- coupling
- intercourse
- intimacy
- intimate relations
- intromission
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- 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
- roll in the hay
Antonyms
Forms of copulation
| plural | copulations |
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Origin of copulation
From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“to join, unite, connect”).
Words formed from copulation
Words that rhyme with copulation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about copulation
- What does copulation mean?
- Copulation means the act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- What is copulation in Hindi?
- Copulation in Hindi is संयोग (sãyog), संभोग (sambhog). See Copulation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is copulation?
- Copulation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce copulation?
- Copulation is pronounced /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of copulation?
- The plural of copulation is copulations.
Words near copulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: copulation (page history and authors); copulation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मैथुन (Marathi) (page history and authors); میتھن (Urdu) (page history and authors); copulation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); क्रीडारत्न (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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