cul

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkul]

• Audio:

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Noun

cul m (plural culs)

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

Further reading

• “cul” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cul” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sul]

Verb

cul

1. second-person singular imperative of culit

Alternative forms

• c*l (censored)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Noun

cul m (plural culs)

1. (anatomy, vulgar) butt, bum, ass, arse
   • 2008 [1907], Guillaume Apollinaire, chapter I, in Alexis Lykiard, transl., Les Onze mille verges [The Eleven Thousand Rods] (fiction):

     En effet, le prince Vibescu marchait, comme on croit à Bucharest que marchent les Parisiens ; c’est-à-dire à tous petits pas pressés et en tortillant le cul.

     Indeed, Prince Vibescu used to walk as Bucharest folk believe Parisians walk, that's to say with rapid little footsteps and wriggling his arse.

   • 1967 [1907], Guillaume Apollinaire, chapter VI, in David B. Lewis + Wiktionary, transl., Les Onze mille verges [Debauched Hospodar] (fiction):

     Ce fut un étalage admirable de culs de toutes les nationalités, car ce bordel modèle possédait des putains de toutes races. Le cul en forme de poire de la Frisonne contrastait avec les culs rebondis des Parisiennes, les fesses merveilleuses des Anglaises, les postérieurs carrés des Scandinaves et les culs tombants des Catalanes.

     This was an admirable display of arses of all nationalities, as this model whorehouse held hookers of all races. The Frisian girl’s pear-shaped arse contrasted with the plump Parisians’, with the marvelous buttocks of the English, the square behinds of the Scandinavians, and the plunging arses of the Catalans.

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 good fortune

   Ils ont du cul.

   They are lucky.

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

Further reading

• “cul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Luc

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.

Noun

cul m (plural cui)

1. (Gherdëina, vulgar slang) ass, bottom, buttocks, butt

Alternative forms

• cuu (Milanese classical orthography)
• cüü, cüül (Ticinese and Western modern orthographies)
• cül (Eastern modern orthographies)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyːl/, [kyː(l)] (Western)
• IPA^(key): /kyːl/, [ky(ː)l] (Eastern)

Noun

cul m (plural cui)

1. (vulgar, anatomy) butt, arse, bum

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏl/

Noun

cul m

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

Further reading

• “cul”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cul”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin cūlus.

Noun

cul m (plural culs or culs)

1. (vulgar) arse, ass; anus