• Copulation

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /kÉ’p.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
    • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

    Origin

    From Middle French copulation

    Full definition of copulation

    Noun

    copulation

    (countable and uncountable; plural copulations)
    1. (countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
    2. (uncountable) 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.

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