cunnilingus

See also: Cunnilingus

English

Alternative forms

• cunnilinctus (rare)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/, /ˌkʌn.iˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəs

Noun

cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)

1. The stimulation of the vulva using the lips or tongue.

   Synonyms: carpet munching, cuntlicking, dining at the Y, gamahuche, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating; see also Thesaurus:oral sex

   Coordinate terms: fellatio, anilingus

2. (chiefly dated, rare) 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 edited by Albert H. Buck, 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.

Derived terms

• autocunnilingus
• cunnilingate
• cunnilinguate
• cunnilinguize

 

Related terms

• cunnilingue
• cunnilinguist
• cunnilinguistic
• cunnilingual

Translations

oral stimulation of the vulva

• Arabic: لَحْس بَظْر m (laḥs baẓr), لَعْق بَظْر m (laʕq baẓr)
• Azerbaijani: dil vurmaq, vurma (az), çalma (az)
• Catalan: cunnilinció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舔陰 / 舔阴 (zh) (tiǎnyīn)

• Danish: cunnilingus c
• Dutch: beffen (nl) n, cunnilingus (nl) m, minetten n
• Esperanto: piĉlekado, frandzado
• Finnish: kunnilingus, cunnilingus (fi)
• French: cunnilingus (fr) m, minette (fr) f (slang)
• Georgian: კუნილინგუსი (ḳunilingusi)
• German: Cunnilingus (de) m
• Greek: αιδοιολειξία (el) f (aidoioleixía), (vulgar) γλειφομούνι (el) n (gleifomoúni)
• Italian: cunnilinguo (it) m, cunnilingus (it) m
• Japanese: クンニ (ja) (kunni), 愛舐め (あいなめ, ainame), クンニリングス (ja) (kunniringusu)
• Korean: 쿠닐링구스 (kunillingguseu)
• Lithuanian: kunilingas m
• Macedonian: кунили́нгус m (kunilíngus), лижење пичка n (liženje pička)
• Persian: کس لیسیدن (kos lisidan)
• Polish: cunnilingus (pl) m, mineta f (slang)
• Portuguese: cunilíngua (pt) f
• Russian: куннили́нгус (ru) m (kunnilíngus), лизге́т m (lizgét) (slang, rare)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кунилинктус m

  Roman: kunilinktus (sh) m

• Spanish: cunnilinguo m, cunnilingus (es) m, cunilinguo m
• Swedish: cunnilingus (sv) c
• Tagalog: brotsa (vulgar slang, not used in general contexts)
• Ukrainian: кунілі́нгус (uk) m (kunilínhus)
• Welsh: gweinlyfiad m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَبْظِير m (tabẓīr)

See also

• sixty-nine
• cunt
• cunny

Finnish

Alternative forms

• kunnilingus

Etymology

From Latin cunnilingus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunːiliŋːus/, [ˈkunːiˌliŋːus̠]
• Rhymes: -iŋːus

Noun

cunnilingus

1. cunnilingus

Declension

Inflection of cunnilingus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of cunnilingus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cunnilingukseni cunnilingukseni accusative nom. cunnilingukseni cunnilingukseni gen. cunnilingukseni genitive cunnilingukseni cunnilingusteni cunnilinguksieni partitive cunnilingustani cunnilinguksiani inessive cunnilinguksessani cunnilinguksissani elative cunnilinguksestani cunnilinguksistani illative cunnilingukseeni cunnilinguksiini adessive cunnilinguksellani cunnilinguksillani ablative cunnilingukseltani cunnilinguksiltani allative cunnilingukselleni cunnilinguksilleni essive cunnilinguksenani cunnilinguksinani translative cunnilinguksekseni cunnilinguksikseni abessive cunnilinguksettani cunnilinguksittani instructive — — comitative — cunnilinguksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cunnilinguksesi cunnilinguksesi accusative nom. cunnilinguksesi cunnilinguksesi gen. cunnilinguksesi genitive cunnilinguksesi cunnilingustesi cunnilinguksiesi partitive cunnilingustasi cunnilinguksiasi inessive cunnilinguksessasi cunnilinguksissasi elative cunnilinguksestasi cunnilinguksistasi illative cunnilingukseesi cunnilinguksiisi adessive cunnilinguksellasi cunnilinguksillasi ablative cunnilingukseltasi cunnilinguksiltasi allative cunnilinguksellesi cunnilinguksillesi essive cunnilinguksenasi cunnilinguksinasi translative cunnilingukseksesi cunnilinguksiksesi abessive cunnilinguksettasi cunnilinguksittasi instructive — — comitative — cunnilinguksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cunnilinguksemme cunnilinguksemme accusative nom. cunnilinguksemme cunnilinguksemme gen. cunnilinguksemme genitive cunnilinguksemme cunnilingustemme cunnilinguksiemme partitive cunnilingustamme cunnilinguksiamme inessive cunnilinguksessamme cunnilinguksissamme elative cunnilinguksestamme cunnilinguksistamme illative cunnilingukseemme cunnilinguksiimme adessive cunnilinguksellamme cunnilinguksillamme ablative cunnilingukseltamme cunnilinguksiltamme allative cunnilinguksellemme cunnilinguksillemme essive cunnilinguksenamme cunnilinguksinamme translative cunnilingukseksemme cunnilinguksiksemme abessive cunnilinguksettamme cunnilinguksittamme instructive — — comitative — cunnilinguksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cunnilinguksenne cunnilinguksenne accusative nom. cunnilinguksenne cunnilinguksenne gen. cunnilinguksenne genitive cunnilinguksenne cunnilingustenne cunnilinguksienne partitive cunnilingustanne cunnilinguksianne inessive cunnilinguksessanne cunnilinguksissanne elative cunnilinguksestanne cunnilinguksistanne illative cunnilingukseenne cunnilinguksiinne adessive cunnilinguksellanne cunnilinguksillanne ablative cunnilingukseltanne cunnilinguksiltanne allative cunnilinguksellenne cunnilinguksillenne essive cunnilinguksenanne cunnilinguksinanne translative cunnilingukseksenne cunnilinguksiksenne abessive cunnilinguksettanne cunnilinguksittanne instructive — — comitative — cunnilinguksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative cunnilinguksensa cunnilinguksensa accusative nom. cunnilinguksensa cunnilinguksensa gen. cunnilinguksensa genitive cunnilinguksensa cunnilingustensa cunnilinguksiensa partitive cunnilingustaan cunnilingustansa cunnilinguksiaan cunnilinguksiansa inessive cunnilinguksessaan cunnilinguksessansa cunnilinguksissaan cunnilinguksissansa elative cunnilinguksestaan cunnilinguksestansa cunnilinguksistaan cunnilinguksistansa illative cunnilingukseensa cunnilinguksiinsa adessive cunnilinguksellaan cunnilinguksellansa cunnilinguksillaan cunnilinguksillansa ablative cunnilingukseltaan cunnilingukseltansa cunnilinguksiltaan cunnilinguksiltansa allative cunnilingukselleen cunnilinguksellensa cunnilinguksilleen cunnilinguksillensa essive cunnilinguksenaan cunnilinguksenansa cunnilinguksinaan cunnilinguksinansa translative cunnilinguksekseen cunnilingukseksensa cunnilinguksikseen cunnilinguksiksensa abessive cunnilinguksettaan cunnilinguksettansa cunnilinguksittaan cunnilinguksittansa instructive — — comitative — cunnilinguksineen cunnilinguksinensa

French

Alternative forms

• cunni (clipping)

Etymology

From Latin cunnus and lingō (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ni.lɛ̃.ɡys/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cunnilingus m (plural cunnilingus)

1. (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

• anulingus
• fellation

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cunnilingus.

Noun

cunnilingus m (invariable)

1. cunnilingus

   Synonym: cunnilingio

Latin

Etymology

Compound of cunnus (“cunt”) +‎ lingō (“lick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kʊnːɪˈlʲɪŋɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kun.niˈlin.ɡus/, [kunːiˈliŋɡus]

Noun

cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension

1. (vulgar) cuntlicker, cunnilinguist
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 4.43.9-11:

     quid dīxī tamen? hoc leve et pusillum,
     quod nōtum est, quod et ipse nōn negābis:
     dīxī tē, Coracīne, cunnilingum.

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 12.59.6-11:

     hinc īnstat tibi textor (ōsculīs), inde fullō,
     hinc sūtor modo pelle bāsiātā
     hinc mentī dominus perīculōsī,
     <istinc> dexiochōlus, inde lippus
     fellātorque recēnsque cunnilingus.

   • 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.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cunnilingus	cunnilingī
genitive	cunnilingī	cunnilingōrum
dative	cunnilingō	cunnilingīs
accusative	cunnilingum	cunnilingōs
ablative	cunnilingō	cunnilingīs
vocative	cunnilinge	cunnilingī

References

• “cunnilingus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Noun

cunnilingus m (uncountable)

1. cunnilingus

   Synonym: cunnilinguo

Further reading

• “cunnilingus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

cunnilingus c

1. (sex) cunnilingus

   Synonym: (vulgar) fittslick

   att utföra cunnilingus på någon

   to perform cunnilingus on someone

See also

• anilingus
• fellatio
• oralsex
• slicka

References

• cunnilingus in Svensk ordbok (SO)