sexual intercourse

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sexual intercourse

noun sexual intercourses

  1. countable, uncountable Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact. The yogi hopes to gain the universal feminine of Shakti by giving up sexual intercourse; he offers up his phallus in celibacy.

    Similar: sexual congress, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation

  2. countable, uncountable Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, between at least two organisms. Dating and courtship provide many examples of indirect communications. The young man may want sexual intercourse. The young woman may want marriage. In the initial stages of the dating game neither knows just what the other wants. Hence, they do not know precisely what game they are going to play. M

    Similar: lovemaking

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noun sexual interaction

Españolcoito, relación sexual, cópula
한국어성교 seonggyo
日本語性交 seikō
中文性交 xìngjiāo, 房事 fángshì, 交合 jiāohé
हिन्दीसंभोग sambhog, हमबिस्तरी hambistarī, चुदाई cudāī, मैथुन maithun, सहवास sahvās, समागम samāgam
Portuguêsrelação sexual
Françaiscoït, rapport sexuel, relation sexuelle, union charnelle, union sexuelle
DeutschGeschlechtsverkehr, Koitus
Italianorapporto sessuale, coito
Ελληνικάσυνουσία synousía, ερωτική επαφή erotikí epafí, ζευγάρωμα zevgároma
Românărelație sexuală, futut, contact sexual
Русскийполово́е сноше́ние polovóje snošénije, сноше́ние snošénije, полово́й акт polovój akt, совокупле́ние sovokuplénije
Tiếng Việtgiao cấu, giao hợp, giao phối, tính giao
العربيةجِمَاع jimāʕ, مُجَامَعَة mujāmaʕa, مُضَاجَعَة muḍājaʕa
עבריתיַחֲסֵי מִין yakhaséy min, הזדווגות \ הִזְדַּוְּגוּת hizdav'gút

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@misc{sexual_intercourse_2026,
  title = {sexual intercourse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sexual%20intercourse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}