Standard Lemma guide

coitus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/
  • UK: /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
  • US: /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/
  • CMU ARPABET: K OY1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, countable, formal, humorous, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intercourse, congress, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation, coupling, intimacy, intimate relations, 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, roll in the hay, Ugandan affairs, Ugandan discussions, action, ass, bang, barney-mugging, beef injection, bonking, cuntfuck, fucking, frig, fucky-fucky, hot beef injection, hump, humpa humpa, jig-jig, jiggy-jiggy, lay, legover, meat injection, nookie, old hat, pipe, plow, plough, poon, poontang, punani, pussy, ride, root, rumpo, rumpy-pumpy, seeing-to, sexy time, sexy times, screw, screwing, shag, skin, snu snu, tang, trim, hanky-panky, funny business, making whoopee, jiggery-pokery, monkey business, fooling about, fooling around, playing around

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

Narrower terms: defloration, fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup, hank panky, penetration, unlawful carnal knowledge, criminal congress

History

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِمَاع (jimāʕ) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Arabic: مُجَامَعَة (mujāmaʕa) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Arabic: مُضَاجَعَة (muḍājaʕa) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Catalan: coit — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性交 (xìngjiāo) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Czech: soulož — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Czech: koitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Danish: coitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Danish: samleje — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Dutch: coïtus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Esperanto: koito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: sukupuoliyhdyntä — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • French: coït — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Galician: coito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: სექსუალური აქტი (seksualuri akṭi) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: კოიტუსი (ḳoiṭusi) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: შეჯვარება (šeǯvareba) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: დაწყვილება (dac̣q̇vileba) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • German: Koitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • German: Geschlechtsverkehr — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Greek: συνουσία (synousía) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: συνουσία (sunousía) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: λαγνεία (lagneía) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: μίξις (míxis) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Hebrew: בְּעִילָה (be'ilá) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Hindi: मैथुन (maithun) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Hungarian: szex — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Hungarian: közösülés — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Ido: koito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Indonesian: koitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Italian: coito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Japanese: 性交 (seikō) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Korean: 성교 (seonggyo) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Latin: coitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Lithuanian: sueitis — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Marathi: मैथुन (maithun) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Marathi: संभोग (sambhog) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Pashto: غو — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Persian: مجامعه (mojâme'e) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Persian: مرزش (morzeš) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Portuguese: coito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Romanian: coit — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Russian: полово́е сноше́ние (polovóje snošénije) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Russian: сноше́ние (snošénije) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Russian: полово́й акт (polovój akt) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Russian: совокупле́ние (sovokuplénije) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Russian: ко́итус (kóitus) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Slovak: koitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Slovak: súlož — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Slovak: sex — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: coito — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Swedish: coitus — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Swedish: samlag — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Tagalog: hindutan — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Tamil: புணர்ச்சி (puṇarcci) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Telugu: రతి (rati) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Telugu: మైథునము (maithunamu) — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Vietnamese: sự giao cấu — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Vietnamese: tính giao — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse
  • Vietnamese: giao cấu — sexual interaction — see also sexual intercourse