cul

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

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Noun

cul m (plural culs)

1. (anatomy) bottom, behind, butt
2. (vulgar) anus
3. (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)

Derived terms

Related terms

• culata
• culot

Further reading

• “cul” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cul” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kʉl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Old Irish cáel, Welsh cul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Adjective

cul

1. narrow

Antonyms

• ledan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

cul

1. second-person singular imperative of culit

French

Alternative forms

• c*l (censored)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cul, from Old French cul, from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key):
• Homophones: culs, cu, cus, ku, kus, qu, qus

Noun

cul m (plural culs)

1. (anatomy, vulgar) butt, bum, ass, arse
   • 2008 [1907], Guillaume Apollinaire, chapter I, in Alexis Lykiard, transl., Les Onze mille verges [The Eleven Thousand Rods] (fiction):

     En effet, le prince Vibescu marchait, comme on croit à Bucharest que marchent les Parisiens ; c’est-à-dire à tous petits pas pressés et en tortillant le cul.

     Indeed, Prince Vibescu used to walk as Bucharest folk believe Parisians walk, that's to say with rapid little footsteps and wriggling his arse.

   • 1967 [1907], Guillaume Apollinaire, chapter VI, in David B. Lewis + Wiktionary, transl., Les Onze mille verges [Debauched Hospodar] (fiction):

     Ce fut un étalage admirable de culs de toutes les nationalités, car ce bordel modèle possédait des putains de toutes races. Le cul en forme de poire de la Frisonne contrastait avec les culs rebondis des Parisiennes, les fesses merveilleuses des Anglaises, les postérieurs carrés des Scandinaves et les culs tombants des Catalanes.

     This was an admirable display of arses of all nationalities, as this model whorehouse held hookers of all races. The Frisian girl’s pear-shaped arse contrasted with the plump Parisians’, with the marvelous buttocks of the English, the square behinds of the Scandinavians, and the plunging arses of the Catalans.

2. (vulgar) anus; arsehole; asshole
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Elle a treize ans et son frère quinze; ils vont chez un homme qui contraint le frère à foutre sa sœur, et qui fout alternativement en cul tantôt le garçon, tantôt la fille, pendant qu’ils sont aux prises ensemble.

     She's thirteen and her brother's fifteen; they go to a man who forces the brother to fuck his sister, and who fucks in the ass, in turn, the boy and the girl, while they both struggle together.

3. (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)
4. (informal) sex; sexual intercourse

   Le cul mène le monde.

   Sex rules the world.

5. (informal, France) good luck or fortune

   Ils ont du cul.

   They are lucky.

6. (France, slang) roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “cul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• Luc

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.

Noun

cul m (plural cui)

1. (Gherdëina, vulgar slang) ass, bottom, buttocks, butt

Lombard

Alternative forms

• cuu (Milanese classical orthography)
• cüü, cüül (Ticinese and Western modern orthographies)
• cül (Eastern modern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyːl/, (Western)
• IPA^(key): /kyːl/, (Eastern)

Noun

cul m (plural cui)

1. (vulgar, anatomy) butt, arse, bum

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏl/

Noun

cul m

1. a testicle, male genital ball
2. a vegetal reproductive bulb
3. a marble (for games)
4. the male member, penis

Descendants

• Dutch: kul

Further reading

• “cul”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cul”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cūlus.

Noun

cul m (plural culs or culs)

1. (vulgar) arse; ass; anus

Descendants

• French: cul

Middle Irish

Etymology

Only attested in glosses. Maybe from Proto-Celtic *kʷolu- (“wheel”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Compare words derived from the same root: Latin colus (“distaff”), Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”).

Noun

cul (gender unknown, genitive unattested ?, no plural)

1. chariot, or some part of the chariot, most likely a wheel

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul/

Contraction

cul m (feminine cula, masculine plural culs, feminine plural culas)

1. Contraction of cun l (“with the”).

Venetian

Noun

cul m (plural culi)

1. Alternative form of cuło

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kʉl, Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Old Irish cáel).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨːl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• Rhymes: -ɨːl
• Homophone: cil (“corner”) (South Wales)

Adjective

cul (feminine singular cul, plural culion, equative culed, comparative culach, superlative culaf)

1. narrow

Synonyms

• cyfyng

Antonyms

• llydan, eang

Derived terms

• hirgul (“oblong, lanceolate”)

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