How do you pronounce copulation?

The recorded pronunciation is /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/.

copulation

/kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: cop-u-la-tion
IPA: /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

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Meaning

noun

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

Countable

noun

Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion."
"Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines."
"In the dusky streets around me ruled an innocent and open copulation. The entire town mated together, in the leafy bowers that had sprung up among the washing-machines and television sets in the shopping mall, on the settees and divans by the furniture store, in the tropical paradises of the suburban gardens."

Etymology

From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“to join, unite, connect”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

copulations (plural)

Derived Forms

autocopulation postcopulation pseudocopulation retrocopulation

Phrases

Russian copulation conjugal visit Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 374a. Sexuality Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 43. Junction

Frequently Paired Words

conjugal visit copulate flirt courtship masturbate Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 374a. Sexuality Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 43. Junction

Synonyms

aphrodisia carnal knowledge coitus coition commerce commixtion congress conjunction connection consummation conversation copulation

Antonyms

abstinence

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location