intercourse
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intercourse¹
- /ˈɪntəkɔːs/ UK
- /ˈɪntəɹˌkɔɹs/ US
- /-ˌkoɹs/ US
Where it comes from
From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.
noun intercourses
- Communication, conversation. Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.
- Dealings between countries.
- Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
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Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.
Similar: coitus, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation
Intercourse²
Where it comes from
Various theories; see Wikipedia article.
proper noun
- A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sex act, sexual congress, coition, carnal knowledge, copulation, sexual intercourse, coitus, sexual relation, relation, congress, social intercourse, sex, carnal, sexual, contact, defilement
Translations
Every language
noun communication, conversation
| Español | conversación |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | संवाद samvād |
| Kiswahili | uhusiano |
| Português | comunicação |
| Deutsch | Beziehungen, Umgang, Verkehr |
| Русский | обще́ние obščénije |
| العربية | حِوَار ḥiwār |
noun dealings between countries
| Português | comunicação |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Beziehungen |
| Русский | свя́зи svjázi, отноше́ния otnošénija, взаимоотноше́ния vzaimootnošénija |
noun dealings with people, including commerce and trade
| Deutsch | Beziehungen |
|---|---|
| Русский | отноше́ния otnošénija, свя́зи svjázi |
noun sexual intercourse
| Español | coito, acto sexual, relación sexual |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성교 seonggyo |
| 日本語 | 性交 seikō |
| 中文 | 性交 xìngjiāo |
| हिन्दी | सम्भोग sambhog, मैथुन maithun, सहवास sahvās |
| Português | sexo |
| Français | relation sexuelle |
| Deutsch | Geschlechtsverkehr, Verkehr |
| Italiano | rapporto sessuale, amplesso |
| Ελληνικά | συνουσία synousía |
| Русский | сноше́ние snošénije, совокупле́ние sovokuplénije, полово́е сноше́ние polovóje snošénije, полово́й акт polovój akt |
| Tiếng Việt | sự giao cấu |
| العربية | جِمَاع jimāʕ |
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@misc{intercourse_2026,
title = {intercourse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intercourse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
