Some species will copulate whenever the opportunity presents itself, while others only do so at a specific time of the year.
Source: tatoeba (10627882)
Copulate
//ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt//
Synonyms for "copulate" (282 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (84)
Verb(48 words)
crackdancedick downdip one's pen in someone's inkwelldiscuss ugandado itdo the deeddo the nastydo what one doeseffengage in sexengenderexchange fleshexpletive deletedfrackfrakfrickfrigfuckget busy
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get downget freakyget itget it onget jiggyget laidget luckyget one's dick wetget one's end awayget one's freak onget one's groove onget one's leg overget one's oatsget physicalget someget the dirty water off one's chestgo all the waygo at itgraft the forked treegreasehaul one's asheshave intimate relationshave it awayhave it offhave marital relationshave sexhave sexual relationshide the salami
Related words (141)
Verb(51 words)
hivehordehuddleinbreedincludeincorporatedintegratedintimatejoinjoinedknotknottedlallygaglaylay togetherleagueleaguedlie withlinklinked
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lollygaglump togethermake it withmake lovemake outmarrymarshalmassmatchedmatematedmeetmergemergedmillmobilizemothermountmultiplymusterneckoutbreedpairpairedpetpiece togetherprocreateproliferatepropagateput togetherrallyrally aroundrendezvousreproduce in kindroll into onescrewseetheserveservicesiresleep withsmoochsolderspansplicesplicedspoonstick togetherstreamsurgeswarmsweet talksweet-talktake intapethrongtietiedtoytrifleundividedunifyuniteunitedwantonweddedweldwhisper sweet nothingsyokeyoked
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10 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μίγνυμαι verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- σύνειμι verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Arabic
3 entries- جَامَعَ verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- ضَاجَعَ verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- مَارَسَ الْجِنْس verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Armenian
1 entries- զուգավորել verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Bangi
1 entries- siba verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съвокуплявам се verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Catalan
1 entries- copular verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Cebuano
1 entries- iyot verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Chichewa
2 entries- kugonana verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- kupita verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Czech
1 entries- souložit verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Danish
1 entries- kopulere verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Esperanto
2 entries- amori verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- seksumi verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Estonian
1 entries- paarituma verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Finnish
2 entries- paritella verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- rakastella verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
French
1 entries- coïter verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Georgian
3 entries- კოპულირებს verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- წყვილდება verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- ჯვარდება verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
German
3 entries- beischlafen verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- kopulieren verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- vögeln verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ai verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Hindi
4 entries- चुदाई verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- मैथुन verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- संभोग verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- सहवास verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Hungarian
4 entries- közösül verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- közösül verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- párosodik verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- párzik verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Ido
1 entries- koitar verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Ilocano
1 entries- iyot verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Ingrian
2 entries- hässiä verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- koinia verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Japanese
2 entries- まぐわう verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- 性交する verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Jarai
1 entries- tĕ verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Kapampangan
1 entries- karat verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Karok
2 entries- ihravrikûunish verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- kuth verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Kazakh
1 entries- қосылдыру verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Latin
1 entries- coeō verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Lingala
1 entries- siba verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Malay
4 entries- amput verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- berasmara verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- jimak verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- senggama verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Middle English
1 entries- comunen verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Māori
4 entries- ai verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- hika verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- mahimahi verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- onioni verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Nauruan
1 entries- meir verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Nepali
1 entries- चिक्नु verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- cot bûn verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- gan verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- gunhêlî kirin verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- perîn verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Old English
1 entries- hǣman verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Persian
2 entries- جفت گرفتن verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- مرزیدن verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Polish
2 entries- kopulować verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- spółkować verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Portuguese
1 entries- copular verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Romanian
1 entries- împerechea verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Russian
4 entries- сноша́ться verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- совокупи́ться verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- совокупля́ться verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- спа́риваться verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Sanskrit
1 entries- यभति verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cliath verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Spanish
1 entries- copular verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Tagalog
2 entries- italik verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- kantutin verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зляга́тися verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
- злягти́ся verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Volapük
1 entries- koitön verb (to engage in sexual intercourse)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
With no preliminaries the male flew to the female and lit on her back to copulate.
Source: tatoeba (11638322)
The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.
Source: wiktionary
the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.