copulation

Pronunciation: /kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

The English word “copulation” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“to join, unite, connect”).

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