INTERCOURSE


Meaning of INTERCOURSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈin-tər-ˌkȯrs ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run — more at car

Date: 15th century

1. : connection or dealings between persons or groups

2. : exchange especially of thoughts or feelings : communion

3. : physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person

anal intercourse

oral intercourse

especially : sexual intercourse 1

heterosexual intercourse

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.