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Meaning of intercourse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs

Definitions

  1. Communication, conversation.
  2. A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States
  3. Dealings between countries.
  4. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
  5. Sexual intercourse usually involving humans.

Equivalents

Čeština styk
Dansk samleje
Ελληνικά συνουσία
Esperanto koito sekskuniĝo
Magyar közösülés
Bahasa Indonesia persetubuhan setubuh
Íslenska mök
日本語 まぐはひ 性交
한국어 성교
Te Reo Māori aitanga
Монгол хурьцал
Português comunicação sexo
Slovenčina Styk
Svenska samlag
Kiswahili uhusiano
Türkçe ilişki

Examples

“Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.”
“this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles”
“And indeed, what more reliable authority could Berlioz have found than Cavaillé-Coll, with whom he had frequent intercourse, and who would have been better qualified than any one else to give him correct information?”
“It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.”
“It might seem that with age places gained upon persons in interest to my mind; and that my pleasure grew in intercourse with things rather than with ideas.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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