cunt

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English

Alternative forms

• coynte

Etymology

From Middle English cunte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-Germanic *kuntōn. Cognate with Frisian kunte, dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, Dutch kont (“arse”) and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŭnt, IPA: /kʌnt/, SAMPA: /kVnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

cunt (countable and uncountable; plural cunts)

1. (vulgar, colloquial, countable) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
   • 2004, Leo Benedictus, "A bit of hanky-panky", The Guardian, 23 Jun 04:

     Then there is a drum roll, and I watch open-mouthed as she bends over and produces a string of red cloths from her femininity. "What better way to celebrate 10 years of Camberwell Arts Week than pulling 10 red handkerchiefs out of my cunt?" she asks.

   • 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 68

     Blind boys grope out of huge pies, deteriorated schizophrenics pop from a rubber cunt, boys with horrible skin diseases rise from a black pond (sluggish fish nibble yellow turds on the surface).

2. (vulgar, offensive, colloquial, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK or Ireland, more usually a man).
   • 2009, Patrick Barkham, "Top Gear: Why We're Mad About the Boys", The Guardian, 12 Nov 09:

     He rails against political correctness and health and safety regulations, and earlier this summer was accused of calling Gordon Brown "a cunt" in unbroadcast comments to his Top Gear audience, whom he has also referred to as "oafs".

3. (UK, vulgar, colloquial, countable) An objectionable object or item.

   Fix the car? I’ll sort the cunt out at the weekend.

4. (UK, Australian, Ireland, Scotland, vulgar, colloquial) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.

   I had a real cunt of a day. It was a cunt of an experience getting through it.

5. (vulgar, colloquial, LGBT, countable and uncountable) A woman, women, or bottom as a source of sex.

   I’m going to hit the clubs and see if I can get me some cunt.

6. (Australian, New Zealand, UK, positive comment, colloquial, countable) When used with certain adjectives such as good or funny, cunt can be used to describe a person in a positive manner. This is mostly done between male friends.

   Yes, I do remember Dave, he was one funny cunt.

   Tom's a good cunt, he fixed my car and didn't even charge me for it!

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:vagina

Derived terms

cunt cap cunted cuntfest cuntfuck cuntfucker cunthead cunting

cuntish cunt juice cuntless cuntlike cuntlips cunt splice

cunty decunt cuntward encunt red cunt hair uncunt

Translations

genitalia

Afrikaans: kont (af), poes (af), doos (af) Albanian: pidh (sq) m., piçkë (sq) f. Arabic: كس (ar) (kis, kus) m. Armenian: պուց (hy) (puc’) Azeri: am (az) Belarusian: пізда (be) (pizdá) f. Bosnian: pička (bs) f. Bulgarian: путка (bg) (pútka) f. Catalan: cony (ca) m. Chinese: Cantonese: 閪 (hai1), 屄 (bei1, hai1) Mandarin: 屄 (cmn) (bī) Corsican: chjichja (co) f. Croatian: pička (hr) f. Czech: píča (cs) f., kunda (cs) f. Dalmatian: con m. Danish: kusse (da) c., fisse (da) c. Dutch: kut (nl) f. Estonian: puts (et), vitt (et), tuss (et) Finnish: vittu (fi) French: chatte (fr) f., con (fr) Old French: con m., landie f. Georgian: მუტელი (ka) (muteli) German: Fotze (de) f., Muschi (de) f., Möse (de) f. Greek: μουνί (el) (mouní) n. Hebrew: כוס (he) (kus) m. (vulgar) Hindi: चूत (hi) (čūt) f., योनी (hi) (yonī) f. Hungarian: pina (hu) Icelandic: píka (is) f., kunta (is) f. Indonesian: tempik (id) Irish: pit (ga) f. Italian: fica (it) f., figa (it) f., fregna (it) f.

Japanese: まんこ (ja) (manko), おまんこ (ja) (omanko), ぼぼ (ja) (bobo), へへ (ja) (hehe), ほと (ja) (hoto), おめこ (ja) (omeko), おそそ (ja) (ososo), みと (ja) (mito), つび (ja) (tsubi) Kazakh: ам (kk) (am) Korean: 보지 (ko) (boji), 씹 (ko) (ssip) Latin: cunnus (la) m. Latvian: peža (lv) f. Lithuanian: pyzda (lt) f. Macedonian: пичка (mk) (píčka) f., минџа (mk) (míndža) f., слива (mk) (slíva) f. Malay: puki (ms) Norwegian: fitte (no) c., kuse (no) c., mus (no) c. Papiamentu: tonto f., coño m., donchin f. Pashto: کس (ps) (kos) Persian: کس (fa) (kos) Polish: pizda (pl) f., cipa (pl) f., cipsko (pl) n. Portuguese: boceta (pt) Romanian: pizdă (ro) f. Russian: пизда (ru) (pizdá) f., манда (ru) (mandá) f., писька (ru) (pís'ka) f. Scottish Gaelic: pit (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пичка (sh) f., пизда (sh) f., пица (sh) f., минџа (sh) f., риба (sh) f. Roman: pička (sh) f., pizda (sh) f., pica (sh) f., mindža (sh) f., riba (sh) f. Slovak: piča (sk) f., kunda (sk) f. Slovene: pička (sl) f., pizda (sl) f. Spanish: chocha (es) f., chucha (es) f., coño (es) m., concha (es) f., cuca (es) f., chocho (es) m. Swedish: fitta (sv) c. Tatar: бетэк (tt) (betek) Turkish: am (tr), amcık (tr) Ukrainian: пизда (uk) (pyzdá) f., піська (uk) (pís'ka) f. Urdu: چوت (ur) (čūt) f. Vietnamese: lồn (vi)

unpleasant or objectionable person

Afrikaans: doos (af), kont (af), poes (af) Croatian: pizda f. (both sexes) Czech: píča (cs) f., kunda (cs) f. Danish: fisse (da) c. only females Finnish: mulkku (fi) French: con (fr) m., salaud (fr) m., connard (fr) German: Fotze (de) n. Greek: μουνί (muni) n., μουνάκι (munáki) n. Hindi: चूत (choot) Icelandic: tussa (is) f. Italian: stronza f. stronzo m., bastardo m.

Norwegian: fitte (no) c. Polish: pizda (pl) f., cipa (pl) f. Seraiki: chutha Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пизда (sh) f., пичка (sh) f. Roman: pizda (sh) f., pička (sh) f. Slovak: piča (sk) f., kunda (sk) f. Slovene: pizda (sl) f. Swedish: fitta (sv) c. Urdu: چوت (choot), کس (kuss), پھدی (phuddi)

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Latin: (2): cunnus m. Portuguese: buceta, xoxota, xana Romanian: (2,4,5,6): pizdă f.

Spanish: (2): puta f., (3): cabrón m., hijo de puta m., malparido m., coñazo m.

Anagrams

• Cnut
• unct