different between coitus vs fornicate

English

Alternative forms

• coetus (rare)

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.?.t?s/, /?k??.t?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.t?s/, /?ko?.?.t?s/

Noun

coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)

1. (formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration.
   • 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 – –

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:copulation

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• coetus

Etymology

From coe? +? -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ko.i.tus/, [?ko?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ko.i.tus/, [?k??it?us]

Noun

coitus m (genitive coit?s); fourth declension

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

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: coit
• English: coitus
• Galician: coito
• Portuguese: coito
• Romanian: coit
• Swedish: coitus

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

English

Etymology

From Latin fornic?tus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /?f??.n?.k?t/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /?f??.n?.k?t/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /?f??.n??ke?t/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /?f??.n??ke?t/

Adjective

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Derived terms

• fornicated
• fornicate gyrus

Translations

Verb

fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)

1. (intransitive) To engage in fornication; to have sex, especially illicit sex.

Synonyms

• have sex, make love, seduce; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

• fornicated
• fornicator

Translations

Anagrams

• factioner, fornacite, refaction

Italian

Verb

fornicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of fornicare
2. second-person plural imperative of fornicare
3. feminine plural of fornicato

Anagrams

• conferita, farnetico, farneticò, inforcate, nefrotica

Latin

Participle

fornic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fornic?tus