intercourse

C1 Topic:Communication

US /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/ UK /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/ See IPA manual

Freq #10158

Meanings

1

noun
Communication, conversation.

Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.
2

noun
Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.

When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.
3

noun
the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman
4

noun
communication between individuals

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Synonyms

2 noun · sexual intercourse,... action aphrodisia ass bangbarney-muggingbeef injectionbonkingboom-boom

3 noun · the act of sexual... relation

4 noun · communication between... social intercourse

Word family

Derived forms intercoursalintercoursernonintercoursepreintercourse

Related forms outercourse

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Phrases (1)

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sexual intercourse
sexual activity involving penetration

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Intercourse entered English in the late Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin currere, “to run.” It originally meant an exchange running between people.

Etymology

From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

Topics

Communication

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# intercourse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/
**Frequency rank:** 10158

## Meanings
1. Communication, conversation.
2. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
3. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman
4. communication between individuals

## Examples
- Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.
- When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.

## Derived Forms
- intercoursal
- intercourser
- nonintercourse
- preintercourse

## Related Forms
- outercourse

## Etymology
From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

## Topics
- Communication

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