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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfaire des galipettes
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛʁ de ɡali.pɛt
"Ils sont allés dans la chambre pour faire des galipettes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To engage in sexual intercourse.
"The newlyweds were excited to finally make whoopee on their honeymoon." - 2
To make merry or engage in noisy, boisterous celebration.
"The crowd gathered downtown to make whoopee after the home team won the championship."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The idiom combines the common English verb 'make' with the interjection 'whoopee', which dates back to the early 20th century as an expression of exuberant joy or celebration. It gained widespread cultural currency in the 1928 popular song 'Makin' Whoopee' by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, eventually shifting in common slang to euphemistically refer to sexual intercourse.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Make-whoopee" is said worldwide
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faire des galipettes
Transliteration: fɛʁ de ɡali.pɛt
"Ils sont allés dans la chambre pour faire des galipettes."
Liebesdienst machen
Transliteration: ˈliːbəsˌdiːnst ˈmaxn̩
"Das Paar wollte ungestört sein und Liebesdienst machen."
fare l'amore
Transliteration: ˈfaːre laˈmoːre
"I due piccioncini volevano fare l'amore in tranquillità."
hacer el amor
Transliteration: aˈseɾ el aˈmoɾ
"Decidieron hacer el amor después de la cena romántica."
fazer amor
Transliteration: faˈzeɾ aˈmoɾ
"Eles foram para o quarto para fazer amor."
संभोग करना
Transliteration: sambhoga karna
"उन्होंने रात में एकांत में समय बिताया।"
行房
Transliteration: xíng fáng
"新婚夫妇在房间里行房。"
사랑을 나누다
Transliteration: sarang-eul nanuda
"두 사람은 조용한 방에서 사랑을 나누었다."
ベッドインする
Transliteration: beddo in suru
"新婚旅行の夜、二人はベッドインした。"
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