intercourse

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intercourse (pl.: intercourses)

  1. (sessualità) relazione o rapporto sessuale (sexual intercourse); accoppiamento
  2. relazioni sociali o commerciali, scambi, frequentazioni, rapporti reciproci in senso generico; interrelazione
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dal latino intercursus, participio passato sostantivato di intercurrere, propriamente "correre tra l'uno e l'altro" attraverso una voce del francese medio