cunnilingus
See also: Cunnilingus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)
- (obsolete) Someone who performs oral sex on the vulva.
- Synonyms: cunnilinctor, cunnilinguist, muff-diver, carpet muncher, cuntlicker, cuntsucker, bowcat
- 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.
- The stimulation of the vulva using the mouth.
- Synonyms: carpet munching, cuntlicking, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating, dining at the Y; see also Thesaurus:oral sex
- Coordinate terms: fellatio, anilingus
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
oral stimulation of the vulva
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Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cunnilingus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cunnilingus
Declension edit
Inflection of cunnilingus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | cunnilinguksetta | cunnilinguksitta | ||
instructive | — | cunnilinguksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- cunni (clipping)
Etymology edit
From Latin cunnus and lingō (“to lick”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cunnilingus m (plural cunnilingus)
- (sexuality) cunnilingus
- Le cunnilingus est une pratique sexuelle orale qui consiste à stimuler les différentes parties des organes génitaux féminins à l’aide de la langue, des lèvres ou du nez.
- Cunnilingus is an oral sex act that consists of stimulating different parts of the female genitalia with the help of the tongue, lips or the nose.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “cunnilingus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cunnilingus.
Noun edit
cunnilingus m (invariable)
- cunnilingus
- Synonym: cunnilingio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Compound of cunnus (“cunt”) + lingō (“lick”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kʊnːɪˈlʲɪŋɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kunːiˈliŋɡus]
Noun edit
cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension
- (vulgar) cuntlicker, cunnilinguist
- c. 100 CE, Unknown author, Carmina Priapea 78, (Choliambic meter):
- At dī deaeque dentibus tuīs ēscam
negent, amīcae cunnilinge vīcīnae,
per quem puella fortis ante nec mendāx
et quae solēbat impigrō celer passū
ad nōs venīre, nunc misella landīcae
vix posse jūrat ambulāre prae fossīs.
- At dī deaeque dentibus tuīs ēscam
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cunnilingus | cunnilingī |
Genitive | cunnilingī | cunnilingōrum |
Dative | cunnilingō | cunnilingīs |
Accusative | cunnilingum | cunnilingōs |
Ablative | cunnilingō | cunnilingīs |
Vocative | cunnilinge | cunnilingī |
References edit
- “cunnilingus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Spanish edit
Noun edit
cunnilingus m (uncountable)
- cunnilingus
- Synonym: cunnilinguo
Further reading edit
- “cunnilingus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
cunnilingus c
- (sex) cunnilingus
- att utföra cunnilingus på någon
- to perform cunnilingus on someone
- Synonym: (vulgar) fittslick