coitus

English

Alternative forms

  • coetus (rare, hypercorrect)
  • coïtus

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/, /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪ.təs/, /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/

Noun

coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)

  2. (formal, now also humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
    Synonyms: intercourse, congress; see also Thesaurus:copulation
    • 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):
      Wolowitz:   Hang on. There really is a lady here?
      Leonard:   Uh-huh.
      Wolowitz:   And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus?
      Leonard:   No, she’s just a friend.
      Wolowitz:   So she’s available for coitus?
      Leonard:   No, she’s – –

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Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoˀitus]

Noun

coitus (singular definite ~, plural indefinite coitus)

  1. (formal) sex in general

Synonyms

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Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of coëō.

Participle

coitus (feminine coita, neuter coitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (of a group of people) assembled; met (together)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative coitus coita coitum coitī coitae coita
genitive coitī coitae coitī coitōrum coitārum coitōrum
dative coitō coitae coitō coitīs
accusative coitum coitam coitum coitōs coitās coita
ablative coitō coitā coitō coitīs
vocative coite coita coitum coitī coitae coita

Etymology 2

From coëō +‎ -tus.

Noun

coitus m (genitive coitūs); fourth declension

  1. a coming or meeting
  2. a joining, combination
  3. sexual intercourse, copulation
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative coitus coitūs
genitive coitūs coituum
dative coituī coitibus
accusative coitum coitūs
ablative coitū coitibus
vocative coitus coitūs
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Descendants

(all borrowed)

  • Catalan: coit
  • English: coitus
  • Middle French: coit
  • Galician: coito
  • Italian: coito
  • German: Koitus
  • Portuguese: coito
  • Swedish: coitus
  • Ukrainian: ко́їтус (kójitus)

References

  • “coitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “coitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Noun

coitus ? (indeclinable)

  1. (formal) coitus
    Synonym: samlag

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