copulate

Other forms of copulate

past tense

copulated·

present participle

copulating·

third person

copulates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copulate

What does copulate mean?

copulate means "engage in sexual intercourse".

How many syllables are in copulate?

copulate has 3 syllables: co-pu-late. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑpjəˌleɪt/.

What is another word for copulate?

Close synonyms include mate, pair, couple. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copulate a common word?

copulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with copulate?

56 words rhyme with copulate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.