pussy

English

Etymology 1

From pus + -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs'i, IPA^(key): /ˈpʌsi/

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Adjective

pussy (comparative pussier, superlative pussiest)

1. (medicine) Containing pus.

Synonyms

• purulent

Translations

containing pus

• Dutch: etterig, purulent (nl)
• Finnish: märkäinen, märkivä
• French: purulent (fr)
• German: eitrig (de)
• Greek: πυώδης (el) m (pyódis)
• Italian: purulento
• Macedonian: гноен m (gnóen), загноен m (zágnoen)

• Norwegian: pussfylt
• Polish: ropny
• Portuguese: purulento (pt)
• Romanian: purulent (ro), supurant (ro)
• Russian: гнойный (ru) (gnójnyj)
• Spanish: purulento
• Swedish: varig

Etymology 2

From puss + -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝os'i, IPA^(key): /ˈpʊsi/

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Noun

pussy (plural pussies)

1. (colloquial, now rare) An affectionate term for a woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. [from 16th c.]
   • 2010, Jojo Moyes, "Why love letters are better left unread", The Telegraph, 3 Jun 2010:

     If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman?

2. (informal) An affectionate term for a cat. [from 17th c.]
   • 2007, Liz Jones, "Are cats the new dogs?", The Independent, 17 Nov 07:

     And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.

3. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. [from 17th c.]

   You have a lovely pussy!

4. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. [from 19th c.]
5. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman. [from 20th c.]

   I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.

6. (vulgar, slang, chiefly North America) A coward, a weakling; someone unable to stand up for himself. [from 20th c.]

   You are such a pussy!

   • 2007, Matt Keating, "Do everyone a favour and don't bring your cold to work", The Guardian, 26 Nov 07:

     I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy."

7. (dated) The game of tipcat.

Hypernyms

• genitals

Synonyms

• (cat): kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy-cat
• (vagina): See also Wikisaurus:vagina
• (uncountable: intercourse with woman): poontang, poon, tang, punani
• (coward): scaredy-cat, wimp, wuss, pansy, sissy, weenie, weakling

Derived terms

Derived terms

eat pussy pussycat pussy control pussy bow pussyfoot pussyfication

pussy out pussy posse pussy power pussytoes pussywhipped pussy willow

Translations

affectionate term for a girl or woman

• Finnish: misu (fi), mirri (fi)
• French: minette (fr) f
• Italian: gattina (it) f, micetta f

• Russian: кошечка (ru) f (kóšečka), киса (ru) f (kísa), цыпочка (ru) f (cýpočka), тёлочка (ru) f (tjóločka)
• Spanish: gatita f, nenita f, lolita (es) f, chiquita f

informal: affectionate term for a cat

• Albanian: mace (sq)
• Armenian: փիսո (pʿiso), փիսիկ (pʿisik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓 (zh), 猫 (zh) (māo), 貓咪 (zh), 猫咪 (māomī)

• Czech: kočička f, micka f, čičinka f
• Danish: mis (da), missekat (da)
• Dutch: poes (nl) f
• Estonian: kiisu, miisu
• Filipino: kuting
• Finnish: kisu (fi), kissimirri (fi), mirri (fi)
• French: minou (fr) m, minet (fr) m, chaton (fr) m
• Georgian: ციცუნია (c’ic’unia)
• German: Kätzchen (de) n, Mieze (de) f, Pantoffeltiger m (humorous)
• Greek: ψιψίνα (el) f (psipsína), γατούλα (el) f (gatoúla), γατάκι (el) n (gatáki)
• Hungarian: cica (hu), cicus
• Icelandic: kisa (is) f, kisi m
• Ido: katyuno (io)
• Italian: micio (it) m

• Japanese: ねこちゃん (nekochan), にゃんにゃん (nyan nyan), にゃんこ (nyanko), 小猫 (こねこ, koneko)
• Korean: 고양이 (ko) (goyang-i)
• Macedonian: мачка f (máčka), маче n (máčе)
• Maltese: pejxu
• Norwegian: pus (no) m, kattepus m, pusekatt (no) m
• Persian: پیشی (fa) (piši), پیشی (fa) (pishi)
• Polish: kiciuś (pl) m, kicia (pl) f
• Portuguese: chaninho m
• Romanian: pisică (ro) f
• Russian: котик (ru) m (kótik), кошечка (ru) f (kóšečka), киса (ru) f (kísa), киска (ru) f (kíska)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мачкица f, маца f, цица f, цица-маца f, маче n

  Roman: mačkica f, maca f, cica f, cica-maca f, mače n

• Slovak: cica f, micka f
• Spanish: gato (es) m, gata (es) f , gatito m
• Swedish: kisse (sv) c, pisse c, misse (sv) c
• Turkish: kedi (tr), (archaic) pisi pisi (tr)

slang: female genitalia

• Albanian: pidhi, pidhuci, (formal) vagina, (vulgar) piçkë f
• Arabic: كس (ar) m (kis, kus, kuss), فرج (ar) m (farj)

  Egyptian Arabic: كس m (kuss)

• Armenian: (vulgar) պուց (pucʿ)
• Azeri: amcıq, am
• Belarusian: (extremely vulgar) пізда f (pizdá)
• Bulgarian: (extremely vulgar) путка f (pútka)
• Catalan: cony (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屄 (zh) (bī)

  Min Nan: 芝屄 (chi-bai), 膣屄 (zh-min-nan) (chi-bai)

• Czech: piča (cs), kunda (cs), pizda (cs) f
• Danish: kusse (da), fisse (da)
• Dutch: kut (nl) f, poes (nl) f, kutje (nl), poesje (nl)
• Esperanto: piĉo (eo)
• Estonian: vitt, tuss, tussu, puts
• Faroese: kunta f, lall n, pill n, grolla f, kusa f, piska f
• Finnish: pillu (fi), tussu (fi) (vulgar), pimppi (fi) (childish)
• French: chatte (fr) f, minou (fr) m, (Quebec) noune (fr) f, foufoune (fr) f, plotte (fr) f
• Georgian: მუტელი (muteli)
• German: Fotze (de) f, Möse (de) f, Muschi (de) f
• Greek: μουνί (el) n (mouní), μουνάκι (el) n (mounáki)
• Hebrew: כוס (he) m (kus)
• Hindi: चूत f (cūt)
• Hungarian: punci (hu), pina (hu)
• Icelandic: píka (is) f, kunta (is) f, (childish) pjalla f, (slang) pussa, (slang) vagína f
• Indonesian: memek (id)
• Italian: fica (it) f, figa (it) f, mona (it) f, passera f, patata (it) f, topa (it) f
• Japanese: まんこ (ja) (manko), おまんこ (omanko)
• Kazakh: ам (am)
• Khmer: កណ្ដួយ (km) (kɑnduəy)
• Korean: 보지 (ko) (boji), 씹 (ko) (ssip)

• Latvian: peža f
• Lithuanian: putė, pyzda (lt) f
• Macedonian: пичка f (píčka), минџа f (míndža), слива f (slíva)
• Maltese: għoxx, pastizz, paċċu
• Northern Sami: cin'ná
• Norwegian: fitte (no) c, kuse (no) c, mus (no) c
• Persian: کس (fa) (kos)
• Polish: cipa (pl) f, pizda (pl) f, cipsko n
• Portuguese: buceta (pt) f, xana (pt) f, xoxota (pt) f, xavasca f, rata (pt) f, periquita (pt) f
• Romanian: pizdă (ro) f, păsarică f
• Russian: (extremely vulgar) пизда (ru) f (pizdá), манда (ru) f (mandá), (mildly vulgar or childish) писька (ru) f (písʹka), пися (ru) f (písja), (euphemistic) киска (ru) f (kíska)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пичкица f, пица f, рибица f, мачкица f, пичка f, пизда f, минџа f, риба f, ђана f

  Roman: pičkica f, pica f, ribica f, mačkica f, pička f, pizda f, mindža f, riba f, đana f

• Sicilian: pacchiu (scn) m, sticchiu (scn) m
• Slovak: piča f, kunda f, pizda f
• Slovene: pička f, pizda (sl) f
• Spanish: (all of these words are vulgar usage) bollo (es) f (Cuba, Venezuela), chucha (es) f (Peru), cocho (es) f (Bolivia), concha (es) f (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay), coño (es) m (Spain), cuca (es) f (Venezuela), panocha (es) f (Mexico), punta (es), raja (es) f, choro (es) f, concha (es) f
• Swedish: fitta (sv) c, mutta (sv) c, (vulgar), snippa (sv) c (childish)
• Tagalog: puday, puke
• Tamil: koodhi (koodhi)
• Turkish: amcık (tr), am (tr)
• Ukrainian: (extremely vulgar) пизда f (pyzdá), манда f (mandá), (mildly vulgar or childish) піська f (písʹka), табака f (tabaka)
• Urdu: چوت f (cūt)

anything soft and furry

• Finnish: pörrö
• Italian: peloso m

• Spanish: peludito m

vulgar: sexual intercourse with a woman

• Finnish: pillu (fi)
• Spanish: pescar (es), culear (es), chingar (es), follar (es), coger (es), fornicar (es), tirar (es)

informal: coward

• Armenian: քած (kʿac)
• Danish: tøsedreng
• Dutch: (zacht) ei(tje), slapjanus (nl), watje (nl)
• Finnish: nynny
• French: poltron (fr) m, froussard (fr) m, mauviette (fr) f
• German: Weichei (de) n, Warmduscher (de) m, Lusche (de) f
• Italian: mammoletta f, femminuccia (it) f
• Japanese: 怖がり (こわがり, kowagari), 怖がり屋 (こわがりや, kowagariya), 腰抜け (こしぬけ, koshinuke)
• Macedonian: пичка f (píčka)
• Navajo: tsxaʼii

• Norwegian: pyse c, kylling (no) m, jente (no) f
• Portuguese: covarde (pt) m, frango (pt) m, maricas (pt) m, mulherzinha (pt) m
• Russian: трусишка (ru) m, f (trusíška), трус (ru) m (trus), трусиха (ru) f (trusíxa) (female), ссыку́н (ru) m (ssykún) (vulgar), бздун m (bzdun) (vulgar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пичкица f, пичка f, пизда f

  Roman: pičkica f, pička f, pizda f

• Spanish: mujersita m, maricón (es) m, mamón (es) m, puto (es) m, cagón (es) m, cagado (es) m, niñita m
• Swedish: fitta (sv) c (vulgar), mus (sv) c

Etymology 3

Adjective

pussy (comparative more pussy, superlative most pussy)

1. (slang, dated) alternative form of pursy

References

• pussy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913