cunnilingus

See also: Cunnilingus

English

Alternative forms

• cunnilinctus

Etymology

From Latin cunnus (“vulva”) + lingere (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋɡəs/

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Noun

cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)

1. Oral sex in which a person's clitoris and/or vulva is orally stimulated.

Synonyms

• (oral sex): carpet munching, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating, dining at the Y (DATY); see also Thesaurus:oral sex

Coordinate terms

• fellatio

Derived terms

• autocunnilingus

Related terms

• cunnilingue
• cunnilinguist
• cunnilinguistic
• cunnilingual

Translations

oral stimulation of female genitals

• Arabic: لَحْس بَظْر‎‎ m (laḥs baẓr), لَعْق بَظْر‎‎ m (laʿq baẓr)
• Azerbaijani: dil vurmaq
• Catalan: cunnilinció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舔陰 (zh), 舔阴 (zh) (tiǎnyīn)

• Dutch: beffen (nl) n, cunnilingus (nl) m, minetten n
• Esperanto: piĉlekado
• Finnish: kunnilingus, cunnilingus (fi)
• French: cunnilingus (fr) m, minette (fr) f (slang)
• Georgian: კუნილინგუსი (ḳunilingusi)
• German: Cunnilingus (de) m
• Greek: αιδοιολειξία (el) f (aidoioleixía), (vulgar) γλειφομούνι (el) n (gleifomoúni)

• Italian: cunnilinguo (it) m, cunnilingus (it) m
• Japanese: クンニ (kunni), 愛舐め (あいなめ, ainame), クンニリングス (kunniringusu)
• Korean: 쿠닐링구스 (kunillingguseu)
• Lithuanian: kunilingas m
• Macedonian: кунилингус m (kunilíngus), лижење пичка n (líženje píčka)
• Persian: کس لیسیدن‎‎ (kos lisidan)
• Polish: cunnilingus (pl) m, mineta f (slang)
• Portuguese: cunilíngua (pt) f
• Russian: куннили́нгус (ru) m (kunnilíngus), лизге́т m (lizgét) (slang, rare)
• Spanish: cunnilinguo m, cunnilingus (es) m, cunilinguo m
• Tagalog: brotsa (vulgar slang, not used in general contexts)
• Welsh: gweinlyfiad m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَبْظِير‎‎ m (tabẓīr)

See also

• sixty-nine
• cunt
• cunny

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• kunnilingus

Noun

cunnilingus

1. cunnilingus

Declension

Inflection of cunnilingus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		cunnilingus	cunnilingukset
genitive		cunnilinguksen	cunnilingusten cunnilinguksien
partitive		cunnilingusta	cunnilinguksia
illative		cunnilingukseen	cunnilinguksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		cunnilingus	cunnilingukset
accusative	nom.	cunnilingus	cunnilingukset
	gen.	cunnilinguksen
genitive		cunnilinguksen	cunnilingusten cunnilinguksien
partitive		cunnilingusta	cunnilinguksia
inessive		cunnilinguksessa	cunnilinguksissa
elative		cunnilinguksesta	cunnilinguksista
illative		cunnilingukseen	cunnilinguksiin
adessive		cunnilinguksella	cunnilinguksilla
ablative		cunnilingukselta	cunnilinguksilta
allative		cunnilingukselle	cunnilinguksille
essive		cunnilinguksena	cunnilinguksina
translative		cunnilingukseksi	cunnilinguksiksi
instructive		—	cunnilinguksin
abessive		cunnilinguksetta	cunnilinguksitta
comitative		—	cunnilinguksineen

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French

Alternative forms

• cunni (clipping)

Etymology

From Latin cunnus and lingō (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ni.lɛ̃.ɡys/

Noun

cunnilingus m (plural cunnilingus)

1. (sexuality) cunnilingus

See also

• anulingus
• fellation

References

• “cunnilingus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

cunnilingus m (inv)

1. cunnilingus

Synonyms

• cunnilingio

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Latin

Etymology

Compound of cunnus (“cunt”) +‎ lingō (“lick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kʊn.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡʊs]

Noun

cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension

1. (vulgar) cuntlicker, cunnilinguist

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cunnilingus	cunnilingī
genitive	cunnilingī	cunnilingōrum
dative	cunnilingō	cunnilingīs
accusative	cunnilingum	cunnilingōs
ablative	cunnilingō	cunnilingīs
vocative	cunnilinge	cunnilingī

References

• cunnilingus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cunnilingus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Spanish

Noun

cunnilingus m (uncountable)

1. cunnilingus

Synonyms

• cunnilinguo