After realizing copulation, the female praying mantis usually devours the male.
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Copulation
//kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "copulation" (147 found)
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Noun(19 words)
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Related words (73)
junctionliaisonlinkagemarriagemeatmeetingmergermergingorgasmpairingprocreationsexual climaxsexual intercoursespermsplicesymbiosistietie intie upunification
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4 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μίξις noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- συνουσίᾱ noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Arabic
3 entries- جِمَاع noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- سفاد noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- مُضَاجَعَة noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Armenian
2 entries- զուգավորում noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- կապում noun (the act of joining)
Bulgarian
2 entries- свързване noun (the act of joining)
- съвкупление noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Dutch
1 entries- copulatie noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Esperanto
1 entries- kopulacio noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Estonian
2 entries- kopulatsioon noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- paaritumine noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Finnish
4 entries- koplaus noun (the act of joining)
- liittyminen noun (the act of joining)
- liittäminen noun (the act of joining)
- parittelu noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
French
1 entries- copulation noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Georgian
4 entries- გაერთიანება noun (the act of joining)
- კოიტუსი noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- კოპულაცია noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- სქესობრივი აქტი noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
German
4 entries- Akt noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- Begattung noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- Beischlaf noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- Kohabitation noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Greek
1 entries- συνουσία noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Hindi
2 entries- संभोग noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- संयोग noun (the act of joining)
Indonesian
1 entries- kopulasi noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Japanese
1 entries- 性交 noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Kazakh
2 entries- шағылысу noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- қатынас жасау noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dauginimasis noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Malay
4 entries- hubungan jenis noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- kopulasi noun (the act of joining)
- kopulasi noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- mengawan noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Polish
1 entries- kopulacja noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Portuguese
4 entries- acoplagem noun (the act of joining)
- acoplamento noun (the act of joining)
- coito noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- cópula noun (the act of joining)
Romanian
4 entries- copulație noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- unire noun (the act of joining)
- împerechere noun (the act of joining)
- împerechere noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Russian
4 entries- ко́итус noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- копуля́ция noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- сноше́ние noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- совокупле́ние noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Slovak
2 entries- kopulácia noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- párenie noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Spanish
4 entries- coito noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- copulación noun (the act of joining)
- copulación noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
- cópula noun (the act of joining)
Swedish
1 entries- kopulation noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Tagalog
3 entries- pag-copulate noun (the act of joining)
- pagsasama noun (the act of joining)
- pagtatalik noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Telugu
1 entries- రతి noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giao phối noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Volapük
1 entries- koit noun (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The woman therefore at one copulation conceived. And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood.
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The female mantis devours the male after copulation.
Source: tatoeba (10979472)
I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion.
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