coitus

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊɪtəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkoʊɪtəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kō′i təs)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
co•i•tus /ˈkoʊɪtəs/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Medicinesexual intercourse, esp. between a man and a woman.
co•i•tal /ˈkoʊɪtəl/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
co•i•tus  (kō′i təs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Medicinesexual intercourse, esp. between a man and a woman.
  • Latin: a coming together, uniting, sexual intercourse, equivalent. to coi- (see coition) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
  • 1705–15
co′i•tal, adj. 
co′i•tal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coitus / ˈkəʊɪtəs/, coition / kəʊˈɪʃən/
  1. technical terms for sexual intercourse
Etymology: 18th Century coitus: from Latin: a uniting, from coīre to meet, from īre to goˈcoital
'coitus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
artificial insemination - coital exanthema - coition - coitus interruptus - congress - contraception - dyspareunia - horse - hump - intercourse - jump - masturbation - nooky - onanism - piece - put - score - screw - sex - sexual intercourse - sexual relations - tail - top - withdrawal

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