cópula — meaning in English
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English meaning
- copula noun A word, usually a verb, that links the subject of a sentence to what is said about it.
- copulation noun The act of sexual intercourse or mating.
- mating noun The act of two animals coming together to reproduce.
Senses
cópula is used for these senses in English:
- copula (linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
- copulation (countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- copulation (uncountable) 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.
- mating (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
copula — full definition
- noun A word, usually a verb, that links the subject of a sentence to what is said about it.
- noun In statistics, a function that describes how two or more variables are related to one another.
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