couillon

== English == === Noun === couillon (plural couillons) (Cajun) Alternative spelling of couyon === Adjective === couillon (comparative more couillon, superlative most couillon) (Cajun) Alternative spelling of couyon == French == === Alternative forms === (Louisiana) couyon === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French couillon, from Old French coillon (“testicle”), from Late Latin cōleōnem, derived from Latin cōleus (“sack, bag; scrotum”). By surface analysis, couille +‎ -on. Compare Occitan colhon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.jɔ̃/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ku.jɔ̃] === Noun === couillon m (plural couillons, feminine couillonne) (dated) testicle Synonym: (vulgar) couille f (informal, derogatory) dickhead, bastard, pillock (informal, derogatory) coward (card games) a Belgian card game also played in Limburg and on the border of Luxemburg and Germany (Louisiana) joker, funny person; nut, nutter (Louisiana, sometimes derogatory, sometimes endearing) fool, simpleton, nitwit ==== Descendants ==== Mauritian Creole: kouyon === Adjective === couillon (feminine couillonne, masculine plural couillons, feminine plural couillonnes) (vulgar) fucking stupid (Louisiana, sometimes derogatory, sometimes endearing) foolish; silly ==== Usage notes ==== As both an adjective and a noun, couillon is common in the everyday vernacular of residents of southwest Louisiana and the Cajun enclaves that exist therein. At best the term would be used to express "fool" or "idiot". On the other end of the spectrum of vernacular nuance, the term could be used to express disdain for someone who is a "dumbass ignorant fool from the bayou who doesn't care that he is ignorant, inept, and unlearned". The use of couillon in the latter context is often expressed with humor, disdain, pity, and bewilderment. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Louisiana Creole: kouyon → English: couillon === Further reading === “couillon”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “couillon”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “couillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) A detailed explanation of the couillon card game family == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French coillon. === Noun === couillon m (plural couillons) (vulgar) dickhead, bastard ==== Related terms ==== couille ==== Descendants ==== French: couillon → Alemannic German: Gajung → German: Kujon (see there for further descendants)