cul

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkul/

Noun

cul m (plural culs)

1. (anatomy) bottom, behind, butt
2. (vulgar) anus
3. (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kʉl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Old Irish cáel, Welsh cul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kyːl], [kiːl]

Adjective

cul

1. narrow

Etymology

From Middle French cul, from Old French, from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃy]
• Homophones: culs, cu, cus, ku, kus, qu, qus

Noun

cul m (plural culs)

1. (anatomy, vulgar) butt, bum, ass, arse
2. (vulgar) anus; arsehole; asshole
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Elle a treize ans et son frère quinze; ils vont chez un homme qui contraint le frère à foutre sa sœur, et qui fout alternativement en cul tantôt le garçon, tantôt la fille, pendant qu'ils sont aux prises ensemble.

     She's thirteen and her brother's fifteen; they go to a man who forces the brother to fuck his sister, and who fucks in the ass, in turn, the boy and the girl, while they both struggle together.

3. (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)
4. (informal) sex; sexual intercourse

   Le cul mène le monde.

   Sex rules the world.

5. (informal, France) good luck or fortune

   Ils ont du cul.

   They are lucky.

6. (France, slang) roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Luc

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏl/

Noun

cul m

1. a testicle, male genital ball
2. a vegetal reproductive bulb
3. a marble (for games)
4. the male member, penis

Further reading

• “cul”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “cul”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cūlus.

Noun

cul m (plural culs or culs)

1. (vulgar) arse; ass; anus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul/

Contraction

cul m (feminine cula, masculine plural culs, feminine plural culas)

1. Contraction of cun l (“with the”).

Noun

cul m (plural culi)

1. Alternative form of cuło

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kʉl, Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Old Irish cáel).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨːl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kiːl/

Adjective

cul (feminine singular cul, plural culion, equative culed, comparative culach, superlative culaf)

1. narrow

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