cucul
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of cul.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cucul (plural cuculs) (colloquial)
- (of a thing) corny, cheesy, tacky, twee
- 1980, Jean-Marie Poupart, Le champion de cinq heures moins dix, Montréal: Leméac, →ISBN, page 136:
- Elle a de beaux seins. Des seins émouvants, pensé-je, pleinement conscient que cet adjectif est le plus cucul qu’on puisse employer. Des seins remarquables?
- She has beautiful breasts. Moving breasts, I think, fully aware that that is the corniest adjective that one could possibly use. Remarkable breasts?
- (of a person) silly, ditzy, dopey; gullible, naive
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cucul m (plural cuculs)
Further reading[edit]
- “cucul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
cucul m
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