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sexual intercourse

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexual congress, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, 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 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

Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, between at least two organisms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lovemaking

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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: 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

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: seksuele omgang — sexual interaction
  • Albanian: marrëdhënie seksuale — sexual interaction
  • Arabic: جِمَاع (jimāʕ) — sexual interaction
  • Arabic: مُجَامَعَة (mujāmaʕa) — sexual interaction
  • Arabic: مُضَاجَعَة (muḍājaʕa) — sexual interaction
  • Armenian: սեռական հարաբերություն (seṙakan haraberutʻyun) — sexual interaction
  • Azerbaijani: cinsi əlaqə — sexual interaction
  • Belarusian: палавы́я зно́сіны (palavýja znósiny) — sexual interaction
  • Belarusian: сукупле́нне (sukupljénnje) — sexual interaction
  • Belarusian: палавы́ акт (palavý akt) — sexual interaction
  • Belarusian: пло́цевы акт (plócjevy akt) — sexual interaction
  • Bengali: যৌনসঙ্গম (jōunośoṅgom) — sexual interaction
  • Breton: darempredoù revel — sexual interaction
  • Bulgarian: съвокупле́ние (sǎvokuplénie) — sexual interaction
  • Bulgarian: по́лово сноше́ние (pólovo snošénie) — sexual interaction
  • Burmese: သံဝါသ (sam-wasa.) — sexual interaction
  • Catalan: relació sexual — sexual interaction
  • Chinese Cantonese: 性交 — sexual interaction
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 性交 (séng-gău) — sexual interaction
  • Hakka Chinese: 性交 (sin-kâu) — sexual interaction
  • Chinese: 性交 (sèng-kau) — sexual interaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性交 (xìngjiāo) — sexual interaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 房事 (fángshì) — sexual interaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交合 (jiāohé) — sexual interaction
  • Wu Chinese: 性交 (5shin-kau) — sexual interaction
  • Czech: pohlavní styk — sexual interaction
  • Czech: soulož — sexual interaction
  • Danish: samleje — sexual interaction
  • Dutch: geslachtsgemeenschap — sexual interaction
  • Dutch: sexuele betrekkingen — sexual interaction
  • Dutch: seksueel verkeer — sexual interaction
  • Esperanto: amoro — sexual interaction
  • Estonian: suguühe — sexual interaction
  • Faroese: samlega — sexual interaction
  • Finnish: yhdyntä — sexual interaction
  • Finnish: seksuaalinen kanssakäyminen — sexual interaction
  • Finnish: parittelu — sexual interaction
  • French: coït — sexual interaction
  • French: rapport sexuel — sexual interaction
  • French: relation sexuelle — sexual interaction
  • French: union charnelle — sexual interaction
  • French: union sexuelle — sexual interaction
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი კავშირი (skesobrivi ḳavširi) — sexual interaction
  • Georgian: სექსი (seksi) — sexual interaction
  • Georgian: კოიტუსი (ḳoiṭusi) — sexual interaction
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი აქტი (skesobrivi akṭi) — sexual interaction
  • German: Geschlechtsverkehr — sexual interaction
  • German: Koitus — sexual interaction
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌹 (galigri) — sexual interaction
  • Greek: συνουσία (synousía) — sexual interaction
  • Greek: ερωτική επαφή (erotikí epafí) — sexual interaction
  • Greek: ζευγάρωμα (zevgároma) — sexual interaction
  • Gujarati: સંભોગ (sambhog) — sexual interaction
  • Hebrew: יַחֲסֵי מִין (yakhaséy min) — sexual interaction
  • Hebrew: הזדווגות \ הִזְדַּוְּגוּת (hizdav'gút) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: संभोग (sambhog) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: हमबिस्तरी (hambistarī) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: चुदाई (cudāī) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: मैथुन (maithun) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: सहवास (sahvās) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: समागम (samāgam) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: प्रसंग (prasaṅg) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: संगम (saṅgam) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: रतिक्रीड़ा (ratikrīṛā) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: रतिक्रिया (ratikriyā) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: जिमाअ (jimāa) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: मुजामअत (mujāmaat) — sexual interaction
  • Hindi: केलि (keli) — sexual interaction
  • Hungarian: nemi közösülés — sexual interaction
  • Hungarian: közösülés — sexual interaction
  • Icelandic: kynmök — sexual interaction
  • Icelandic: mök — sexual interaction
  • Icelandic: samfarir — sexual interaction
  • Ido: koito — sexual interaction
  • Indonesian: hubungan seksual — sexual interaction
  • Irish: comhriachtain — sexual interaction
  • Irish: caidreamh collaí — sexual interaction
  • Irish: bualadh craicinn — sexual interaction
  • Irish: déanamh craicinn — sexual interaction
  • Italian: rapporto sessuale — sexual interaction
  • Italian: coito — sexual interaction
  • Japanese: 性交 (seikō) — sexual interaction
  • Kannada: ಸಂಭೋಗ (sambhōga) — sexual interaction
  • Kazakh: жыныстық акт (jynystyq akt) — sexual interaction
  • Kazakh: жыныстық қатынас (jynystyq qatynas) — sexual interaction
  • Khmer: ការរួមភេទ (kaa ruəm pheit) — sexual interaction
  • Khmer: រតិកម្ម (rĕəʼtekam) — sexual interaction
  • Korean: 성교 (seonggyo) — sexual interaction
  • Northern Kurdish: guhnelî — sexual interaction
  • Northern Kurdish: perîn — sexual interaction
  • Northern Kurdish: têkiliyên zayendî — sexual interaction
  • Northern Kurdish: gan — sexual interaction
  • Kyrgyz: жакындашуу (jakındaşuu) — sexual interaction
  • Kyrgyz: жыныстык жакындашуу (jınıstık jakındaşuu) — sexual interaction
  • Lao: ການນອນນໍາກັນ (kān nǭn nam kan) — sexual interaction
  • Lao: ການຮ່ວມເພດ (kān hūam phēt) — sexual interaction
  • Latin: coitus — sexual interaction
  • Latvian: dzimumakts — sexual interaction
  • Lithuanian: lytinis aktas — sexual interaction
  • Lithuanian: sueitis — sexual interaction
  • Macedonian: полов однос (polov odnos) — sexual interaction
  • Macedonian: сексуа́лен однос (seksuálen odnos) — sexual interaction
  • Malagasy: firaisana ara-nofo — sexual interaction
  • Malagasy: firaisana — sexual interaction
  • Malay: persetubuhan — sexual interaction
  • Malay: jimak — sexual interaction
  • Malayalam: ലൈംഗികബന്ധം (laiṅgikabandhaṁ) — sexual interaction
  • Malayalam: സംഭോഗം (sambhōgaṁ) — sexual interaction
  • Marathi: संभोग (sambhog) — sexual interaction
  • Mongolian: хурьцал (xurʹcal) — sexual interaction
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠴᠠᠯ (quričal) — sexual interaction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjønnslig omgang — sexual interaction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samleie — sexual interaction
  • Old English: hǣmed — sexual interaction
  • Old English: leġertēam — sexual interaction
  • Old English: wīfġemāna — sexual interaction
  • Oromo: gaana — sexual interaction
  • Pashto: غو (ǧo) — sexual interaction
  • Iranian Persian: آمیزِش (âmizeš) — sexual interaction
  • Iranian Persian: آمیزِشِ جِنْسی (âmizeš-e jensi) — sexual interaction
  • Iranian Persian: جِماع (jemâ') — sexual interaction
  • Polish: stosunek płciowy — sexual interaction
  • Portuguese: relação sexual — sexual interaction
  • Romanian: relație sexuală — sexual interaction
  • Romanian: futut — sexual interaction
  • Romanian: contact sexual — sexual interaction
  • Russian: полово́е сноше́ние (polovóje snošénije) — sexual interaction
  • Russian: сноше́ние (snošénije) — sexual interaction
  • Russian: полово́й акт (polovój akt) — sexual interaction
  • Russian: совокупле́ние (sovokuplénije) — sexual interaction
  • Sanskrit: संभोग (saṃbhoga) — sexual interaction
  • Sanskrit: गमन (gamana) — sexual interaction
  • Scots: conjugalitie — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: сексуални однос — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: сполни однос — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: сно̏ша̄ј — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualni odnos — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: spolni odnos — sexual interaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: snȍšāj — sexual interaction
  • Sicilian: cujutu — sexual interaction
  • Sicilian: cucchia — sexual interaction
  • Sicilian: rapportu sissuali — sexual interaction
  • Sinhalese: ලිංගික සංසර්ගය (liṁgika saṁsargaya) — sexual interaction
  • Slovak: pohlavný styk — sexual interaction
  • Slovak: súlož — sexual interaction
  • Slovene: spolni odnos — sexual interaction
  • Slovene: spolno občevanje — sexual interaction
  • Spanish: coito — sexual interaction
  • Spanish: relación sexual — sexual interaction
  • Spanish: cópula — sexual interaction
  • Swedish: samlag — sexual interaction
  • Swedish: älskog — sexual interaction
  • Tagalog: sariing talamitan — sexual interaction
  • Tagalog: pagtatalik — sexual interaction
  • Tajik: ҷамъкунӣ (jam'kuni) — sexual interaction
  • Tajik: яккунӣ (yakkuni) — sexual interaction
  • Tajik: ҷамъшавӣ (jam'šavi) — sexual interaction
  • Tajik: якшавӣ (yakšavi) — sexual interaction
  • Tajik: ҷимоъ (jimo') — sexual interaction
  • Tamil: பாலுறவு (pāluṟavu) — sexual interaction
  • Tamil: உடலுறவு (uṭaluṟavu) — sexual interaction
  • Tamil: புணர்ச்சி (puṇarcci) — sexual interaction
  • Tatar: җенси якынлык (censi yaqınlıq) — sexual interaction
  • Tatar: җенси мөнәсәбәт (censi mönäsäbät) — sexual interaction
  • Telugu: సంభోగము (sambhōgamu) — sexual interaction
  • Thai: การร่วมประเวณี (gaan-rûuam-bprà-wee-nii) — sexual interaction
  • Thai: การร่วมเพศ (gaan-rûuam-pêet) — sexual interaction
  • Thai: เพศสัมพันธ์ (pêet-sǎm-pan) — sexual interaction
  • Turkish: cinsel ilişki — sexual interaction
  • Turkish: çiftleşmek — sexual interaction
  • Turkish: çiftleşme — sexual interaction
  • Turkmen: jynsy gatnaşyk — sexual interaction
  • Ukrainian: стате́ві зно́сини (statévi znósyny) — sexual interaction
  • Ukrainian: зляга́ння (zljahánnja) — sexual interaction
  • Ukrainian: стате́вий акт (statévyj akt) — sexual interaction
  • Urdu: مُجامَعَت (mujāma'at) — sexual interaction
  • Urdu: مُباشَرَت (mubāśarat) — sexual interaction
  • Urdu: جِماع (jimā') — sexual interaction
  • Uyghur: جىنسىي مۇناسىۋەت (jinsiy munasiwet) — sexual interaction
  • Uzbek: jinsiy aloqa — sexual interaction
  • Uzbek: qovushish — sexual interaction
  • Uzbek: qoʻshilish — sexual interaction
  • Vietnamese: giao cấu — sexual interaction
  • Vietnamese: giao hợp — sexual interaction
  • Vietnamese: giao phối — sexual interaction
  • Vietnamese: tính giao — sexual interaction
  • Welsh: cyfathrach rywiol — sexual interaction