Standard Lemma guide

intercourse

name · noun · verb · 8 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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  • General-American: /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/
  • General-American: /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T ER0 K AO2 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 N ER0 K AO2 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Communication, conversation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Dealings between countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coitus, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation, coupling, intercourse, 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

6

verb

Meaning 6

To have sexual intercourse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, nonstandard

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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, sex act, copulation, coitus, 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

8

noun

Meaning 8

communication between individuals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: social intercourse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intercommunication

Narrower terms: communion, sharing

History

Etymology

Various theories; see Wikipedia article.

From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حِوَار (ḥiwār) — communication, conversation
  • Bulgarian: обще́ние (obšténie) — communication, conversation
  • Bulgarian: общу́ване (obštúvane) — communication, conversation
  • Dutch: communicatie — communication, conversation
  • Dutch: conversatie — communication, conversation
  • Finnish: kanssakäyminen — communication, conversation
  • Finnish: keskustelu — communication, conversation
  • German: Beziehungen — communication, conversation
  • German: Umgang — communication, conversation
  • German: Verkehr — communication, conversation
  • Ancient Greek: συνουσίᾱ (sunousíā) — communication, conversation
  • Hindi: संवाद (samvād) — communication, conversation
  • Icelandic: mök — communication, conversation
  • Macedonian: општење (opštenje) — communication, conversation
  • Macedonian: однос (odnos) — communication, conversation
  • Old English: ġemāna — communication, conversation
  • Portuguese: comunicação — communication, conversation
  • Russian: обще́ние (obščénije) — communication, conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: сно̏ша̄ј — communication, conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: snȍšāj — communication, conversation
  • Old Slovak: obecenstvo — communication, conversation
  • Spanish: conversación — communication, conversation
  • Swahili: uhusiano — communication, conversation
  • Dutch: betrekkingen — dealings between countries
  • Dutch: onderhandelingen — dealings between countries
  • Finnish: suhteet — dealings between countries
  • Georgian: კავშირები (ḳavširebi) — dealings between countries
  • Georgian: ურთიერთობები (urtiertobebi) — dealings between countries
  • Georgian: ურთიერთმიმართება (urtiertmimarteba) — dealings between countries
  • German: Beziehungen — dealings between countries
  • Macedonian: однос (odnos) — dealings between countries
  • Macedonian: односи (odnosi) — dealings between countries
  • Portuguese: comunicação — dealings between countries
  • Russian: свя́зи (svjázi) — dealings between countries
  • Russian: отноше́ния (otnošénija) — dealings between countries
  • Russian: взаимоотноше́ния (vzaimootnošénija) — dealings between countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: сно̏ша̄ј — dealings between countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: snȍšāj — dealings between countries
  • Bulgarian: отноше́ния (otnošénija) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • German: Beziehungen — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Ancient Greek: ὁμῑλίᾱ (homīlíā) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Macedonian: однос (odnos) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Persian: آمیزش (âmizeš) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Russian: отноше́ния (otnošénija) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Russian: свя́зи (svjázi) — dealings with people, including commerce and trade
  • Arabic: جِمَاع (jimāʕ) — sexual intercourse
  • Belarusian: палавы́я зно́сіны (palavýja znósiny) — sexual intercourse
  • Belarusian: палавы́ акт (palavý akt) — sexual intercourse
  • Belarusian: пло́цевы акт (plócjevy akt) — sexual intercourse
  • Bulgarian: по́лов акт (pólov akt) — sexual intercourse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性交 (xìngjiāo) — sexual intercourse
  • Czech: styk — sexual intercourse
  • Danish: samleje — sexual intercourse
  • Dutch: geslachtsverkeer — sexual intercourse
  • Dutch: sexuele betrekkingen — sexual intercourse
  • Esperanto: koito — sexual intercourse
  • Esperanto: sekskuniĝo — sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: sukupuoliyhdyntä — sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: yhdyntä — sexual intercourse
  • French: relation sexuelle — sexual intercourse
  • Galician: relación sexual — sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი კავშირი (skesobrivi ḳavširi) — sexual intercourse
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი აქტი (skesobrivi akṭi) — sexual intercourse
  • German: Geschlechtsverkehr — sexual intercourse
  • German: Verkehr — sexual intercourse
  • Greek: συνουσία (synousía) — sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: συνουσίᾱ (sunousíā) — sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: λαγνείᾱ (lagneíā) — sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: μίξις (míxis) — sexual intercourse
  • Ancient Greek: ὁμῑλίᾱ (homīlíā) — sexual intercourse
  • Greenlandic: atoqatigiinneq — sexual intercourse
  • Hindi: सम्भोग (sambhog) — sexual intercourse
  • Hindi: मैथुन (maithun) — sexual intercourse
  • Hindi: सहवास (sahvās) — sexual intercourse
  • Hungarian: közösülés — sexual intercourse
  • Icelandic: mök — sexual intercourse
  • Italian: rapporto sessuale — sexual intercourse
  • Italian: amplesso — sexual intercourse
  • Japanese: 性交 (seikō) — sexual intercourse
  • Korean: 성교 (seonggyo) — sexual intercourse
  • Macedonian: полов однос (polov odnos) — sexual intercourse
  • Macedonian: сексуа́лен однос (seksuálen odnos) — sexual intercourse
  • Malayalam: ലൈംഗികബന്ധം (laiṅgikabandhaṁ) — sexual intercourse
  • Malayalam: സംഭോഗം (sambhōgaṁ) — sexual intercourse
  • Māori: aitanga — sexual intercourse
  • Mongolian: хурьцал (xurʹcal) — sexual intercourse
  • Nahuatl: yecoa — sexual intercourse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samleie — sexual intercourse
  • Old Church Slavonic: съложениѥ (sŭloženije) — sexual intercourse
  • Old Church Slavonic: съходъ (sŭxodŭ) — sexual intercourse
  • Old English: hǣmed — sexual intercourse
  • Old English: hǣmedlāc — sexual intercourse
  • Persian: آمیزش (âmizeš) — sexual intercourse
  • Persian: آمیزش جنسی (âmizeš-e jensi) — sexual intercourse
  • Polish: stosunek płciowy — sexual intercourse
  • Portuguese: sexo — sexual intercourse
  • Russian: сноше́ние (snošénije) — sexual intercourse
  • Russian: совокупле́ние (sovokuplénije) — sexual intercourse
  • Russian: полово́е сноше́ние (polovóje snošénije) — sexual intercourse
  • Russian: полово́й акт (polovój akt) — sexual intercourse
  • Inari-Sami: onâččem — sexual intercourse
  • Northern Sami: anašeapmi — sexual intercourse
  • Skolt-Sami: õhttmõõžž — sexual intercourse
  • Scots: intercoorse — sexual intercourse
  • Scots: shag — sexual intercourse
  • Serbo-Croatian: полни сношај — sexual intercourse
  • Serbo-Croatian: polni snošaj — sexual intercourse
  • Slovak: styk — sexual intercourse
  • Slovene: spolni odnos — sexual intercourse
  • Slovene: spolno občevanje — sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: coito — sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: acto sexual — sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: relación sexual — sexual intercourse
  • Swedish: samlag — sexual intercourse
  • Ukrainian: стате́ві зно́сини (statévi znósyny) — sexual intercourse
  • Ukrainian: стате́вий акт (statévyj akt) — sexual intercourse
  • Vietnamese: sự giao cấu — sexual intercourse
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