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copulate

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English

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Etymology

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From the perfect passive participle of Latin cōpulāre (to couple).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)

  1. (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.

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Translations

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Adjective

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copulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
  2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
    • 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language:
      Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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copulate

  1. inflection of copulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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copulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of copulato

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Latin

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Verb

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cōpulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōpulō

References

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  • copulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • copulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Verb

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copulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of copular combined with te