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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French couillette.
Pronunciation
Noun
couillette f (plural couillettes)
- (archaic) little testicle
- (informal) dispenser cap
- (colloquial) mistake, error
Middle French
Etymology
couille + -ette (“little testicle”).
Noun
couillette f (plural couillettes)
- (vulgar, vocative) an insult, similar to couillon
- (vulgar, vocative) in the following example, seems to be an affectionate if vulgar nickname
1552, Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:Ie le veulx (respondit frere Ian) bien voluntiers, pour l’amour de toy couillette. Car ie t’ayme du bon du foye.- Yes, I want to, (replied friar Jan), willingly, for my love of you my little testicle. For I love you from the bottom of my liver.
Usage notes
- In the Middle French period, only used in the works of Rabelais. Has been used occasionally in the modern French period.