coition

English

Etymology

From the oblique stem of Latin coitiō.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

coition (usually uncountable, plural coitions)

Sexual intercourse.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  their coition is made by supersaliency, like that of horses, as we are informed by some who have beheld them in that act

Synonyms

coitus

Translations

sexual intercourse

Bulgarian: съвокупление (sǎvokuplenie)
Galician: coito (gl) m
Greek:
Ancient: συνουσία f (sunousía), λαγνεία f (lagneía), μίξις f (míxis)
Latin: coitus m
Persian: مجامعه (mojâme'e), مرزش (morzeš)
Russian: совокупле́ние (ru) n (sovokuplénije), соитие (ru) (soitije)
Telugu: రతి (te) (rati), మైథునము (te) (maithunamu)

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