cunnilingus

See also: Cunnilingus

English

Alternative forms

• cunnilinctus

Etymology

From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋɡəs/, /ˌkʌniˈlɪŋɡəs/

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Noun

cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)

1. (obsolete) Who performs oral sex on a woman’s clitoris and/or vulva.
   • 1887, John Noland Mackenzie, “Carcinoma of Larynx”, in Albert H. Buck, editor, A Reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science, volume 4, New York: William Wood & Company, page 402a:

     The stinking breath, hoarse voice, and snoring respiration of the cunnilingus, fellator and fellatrix, the effeminate, piping tone of the cinædus and irrumator, which excited the special scorn of the early satirical writers, were doubtless the expression of a catarrhal pharyngolaryngitis acquired in the discharge of their filthy practices.

   • 1887, John Noland Mackenzie, “Syphilis of the Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi”, in Albert H. Buck, editor, A Reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science, volume 4, New York: William Wood & Company, page 439b:

     The foul mouth, hoarse voice, and snoring respiration of the cunnilingus, fellator and irrumator have been thought to indicate syphilitic affections of the throat, but, as I have suggested elsewhere, they were doubtless the symptoms of a catarrhal process acquired in the discharge of their filthy occupations.

   Synonyms: cunnilinctor, cunnilinguist, muff-diver, carpet muncher, cuntlicker, cuntsucker, bowcat

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

   Synonyms: carpet munching, cuntlicking, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating, dining at the Y; see also Thesaurus:oral sex

   Coordinate term: 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)

• Danish: cunnilingus c
• 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: кунили́нгус m (kunilíngus), лижење пичка n (liženje pička)
• 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

Possessive forms of cunnilingus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cunnilingukseni	cunnilinguksemme
2nd person	cunnilinguksesi	cunnilinguksenne
3rd person	cunnilinguksensa

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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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

cunnilingus m (invariable)

1. cunnilingus

Synonyms

• cunnilingio

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kʊnːɪˈlɪŋɡʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kunːiˈliŋɡus]

Noun

cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension

1. (vulgar) cuntlicker, cunnilinguist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• cunnilingus in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

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Spanish

Noun

cunnilingus m (uncountable)

1. cunnilingus

   Synonym: cunnilinguo