intercourse

noun

Sexual intercourse usually involving humans.

Communication, conversation.

Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.

Dealings between countries.

A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States

verb

(nonstandard, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within curro-cours · Latin · run

Synonyms for intercourse

coitionn coitusn copulationn lovemakingn sexn relationn intercommunicationn matingn relationshipn procreationn dealingsn onanismn

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Where does intercourse come from?

The word intercourse breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -cours, from Latin curro (“run”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.