cunt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
  2. An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).
  3. An objectionable object or item.
  4. An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
  5. A woman or any receptive sexual partner, as a source of potential or actual sexual gratification.
  6. A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
  7. The anus of a trans woman.
  8. The inguinal canals of a trans woman.
verb
  1. To use the word "cunt".
  2. To attack someone.
  3. To ruin something; to fuck up.
  4. To betray someone.
  5. To take something into one's vulva or vagina.
adj
  1. Amazing or very good.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of copper nanotube.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

kŭnt /kʌnt/ En-au-cunt.ogg En-uk-cunt.ogg En_US_cunt.wav /kʊnt/

Word forms

cunt cunts c**t c*nt c-word C-bomb cunting cunted

Etymology

From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”).

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