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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cūlus.
Pronunciation
Noun
cul m (plural culs)
- (anatomy) bottom, behind, butt
- (vulgar) anus
- (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)
Derived terms
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
Adjective
cul
- narrow
Antonyms
Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
cul
- second-person singular imperative of culit
French
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
Noun
cul m (plural culs)
- (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.
- (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.
- (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)
- (informal) sex (sexual intercourse)
Le cul mène le monde.- Sex rules the world.
- (informal, France) good luck or good fortune
Ils ont du cul.- They are lucky.
- (France, slang) roach (the butt of a marijuana cigarette)
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Ladin
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.
Noun
cul m (plural cui)
- (Gherdëina, vulgar slang) ass, bottom, buttocks, butt
Lombard
- cuu (Milanese classical orthography)
- cüü, cüül (Ticinese and Western modern orthographies)
- cül (Eastern modern orthographies)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.
Pronunciation
Noun
cul m (plural cui)
- (vulgar, anatomy) butt, arse, bum
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus.
Pronunciation
Noun
cul m
- testicle (a male genital ball)
- reproductive bulb (of a plant)
- marble (for games)
- penis (the male member)
Descendants
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
Inherited from Old French, from Latin cūlus.
Noun
cul m (plural culs or culs)
- (vulgar) arse, ass; anus
Descendants
Middle Irish
Etymology
Mainly attested in glossaries. 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”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
cul (gender unknown, genitive unattested ?, no plural)
- a chariot, or some part of the chariot, most likely a wheel
Derived terms
References
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “1 cul”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-283
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷolu- ‘wheel’ ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
Further reading
Mirandese
Pronunciation
Contraction
cul m (feminine cula, masculine plural culs, feminine plural culas)
- Contraction of cun l (“with the”).
Venetan
Noun
cul m (plural culi)
- Alternative form of cuło
Welsh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *kʉl, Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Old Irish cáel).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cul (feminine singular cul, plural culion, equative culed, comparative culach, superlative culaf)
- narrow
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