kont
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch kont (“butt, bum”), from Middle Dutch conte (“vagina”, also generally “sex organ”), from Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkont (plural konte, diminutive kontjie)
- (vulgar) cunt, female genitalia
- (vulgar) cunt, an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person
Breton
editNoun
editkont
- count (a lord of a county holding a title of countdom)
Hypernyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- baron (baron)
Derived terms
edit- beskont (viscount)
Related terms
edit- konted (county)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch conte (“vagina”, also generally “sex organ”), from Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Compare English cunt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkont m (plural konten, diminutive kontje n)
- (informal) butt, bum, arse
- (vulgar) a cunt (an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person)
- (obsolete) cunt, female genitalia
Usage notes
edit- The Middle Dutch sense of cunt (“female genitalia”) has disappeared almost entirely from modern Dutch, save for dialects of Flanders, Groningen, and Friesland; this sense is entirely absent in general speech. The word is not particularly vulgar, being perhaps more equivalent to “butt” than “arse, ass”.
- Among younger speakers, kont has taken on the meaning of “an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person”, which is likely due to the influence of British English cunt with the more vulgar sense.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Berbice Creole Dutch: kundu
Anagrams
editEstonian
edit
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic [Term?], probably from Proto-Uralic *konte. Cognate to Finnish kontti.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkont (genitive kondi, partitive konti)
Usage notes
editA near-synonym of luu, but they have different connotations. Generally, bones of humans and (larger) mammals can be called either kont or luu, and the bones of everything else are called luu. Compounds are generally formed with luu. Dogs eat kont and not luu. Fish always have luu. The word kont is often used in idioms.
Declension
editDeclension of kont (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kont | kondid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kondi | ||
genitive | kontide | ||
partitive | konti | konte kontisid | |
illative | konti kondisse |
kontidesse kondesse | |
inessive | kondis | kontides kondes | |
elative | kondist | kontidest kondest | |
allative | kondile | kontidele kondele | |
adessive | kondil | kontidel kondel | |
ablative | kondilt | kontidelt kondelt | |
translative | kondiks | kontideks kondeks | |
terminative | kondini | kontideni | |
essive | kondina | kontidena | |
abessive | kondita | kontideta | |
comitative | kondiga | kontidega |
Synonyms
editMaltese
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkont
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkont n
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish قونت (kont), from French comte.
Noun
editkont (definite accusative kontu, plural kontlar)
Declension
editInflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | kont | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kontu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | kont | kontlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kontu | kontları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | konta | kontlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kontta | kontlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | konttan | kontlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kontun | kontların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editRelated terms
editUzbek
editEtymology
editNoun
editkont (plural kontlar)
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans vulgarities
- Breton lemmas
- Breton nouns
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔnt
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔnt/1 syllable
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch informal terms
- Dutch vulgarities
- Dutch terms with obsolete senses
- nl:Buttocks
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian riik-type nominals
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese non-lemma forms
- Maltese verb forms
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔnt
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔnt/1 syllable
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Nobility
- Uzbek terms borrowed from French
- Uzbek terms derived from French
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek nouns
- uz:Nobility