coit

See also: Coit and coït

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔɪt/
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Etymology 1

See quoit.

Noun

coit (plural coits)

  1. Obsolete form of quoit.
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. [], new edition, London: [] B. Law, []; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      children make use of in playing at coits

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.
    to coit a stone

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Etymology 2

Back-formation from coitus.

Noun

coit

  1. Synonym of coition

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

  1. (rare) to copulate; to mate
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Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

coit m (plural coits)

  1. coitus

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

coit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of coeō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coït.

Noun

coit n (plural coituri)

  1. sexual intercourse

Declension

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