cunte

See also: cuntè

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cunt, cownte, counte, count, conte

Etymology

From Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunt(ə)/

Noun

cunte

1. (mildly vulgar) vagina
   • a. 1300, Hending, The Proverbs of Hending, stanza 42, page 479v-r:

     Þe maide þat ȝeuit hirſilf alle. / Oþir to fre man, oþir to þralle. / Ar ringe be ſet an honde. / And pleiit with þe croke and wiþ þe balle. / And mekit gret þat erſt was ſmalle. / Þe wedding got to ſconde. / Ȝeue þi cunte to cunni[n]g / and craue affetir weddin[g] quod hendi[ng].

     The woman that gives herself totally / either to a freeman or a serf / before a ring is set on her hand / and who plays with the twig and berries / and makes great that once was small / [Her] wedding becomes shameful. / "Give your vagina with cunning / and make your requests after the wedding" said Hending.

Descendants

• English: cunt
• Scots: cunt

References

• “cunte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

Old French

Alternative forms

• conte (France)

Etymology 1

From cunter. See conte, compte.

Noun

cunte oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuntes, nominative singular cuntes, nominative plural cunte)

1. (Anglo-Norman) account; tale; story

Etymology 2

Variant of conte, comte.

Noun

cunte oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuntes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural cunte)

1. (Anglo-Norman) count (nobleman)