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.əˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/, /ˌkʌn.iˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/ Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəs === Noun === cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses) Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina. Synonyms: carpet munching, cunning linguistics, cuntlicking, dining at the Y, gamahuche, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating; see also Thesaurus:oral sex Coordinate terms: fellatio, anilingus (chiefly dated, rare) Someone who performs oral sex on the vulva. Synonyms: cunnilinctor, cunnilinguist, muff-diver, carpet muncher, cuntlicker, cuntsucker, bowcat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cunnilingue cunnilinguist cunnilinguistic cunnilingual ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sixty-nine cunt cunny == Finnish == === Alternative forms === kunnilingus === Etymology === From Latin cunnilingus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkunːiliŋːus/, [ˈkunːiˌliŋːus̠] Rhymes: -iŋːus === Noun === cunnilingus cunnilingus ==== Declension ==== == French == === Alternative forms === cunni (clipping) === Etymology === From Latin cunnus and lingō (“to lick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ky.ni.lɛ̃.ɡys/ === Noun === cunnilingus m (invariable) (sexuality) cunnilingus ==== 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) cunnilingus Synonym: cunnilingio == Latin == === Etymology === From cunnus (“cunt”) + lingō (“to lick”) + -us. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊn.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kun.niˈliŋ.ɡus] === Noun === cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension (vulgar) cuntlicker, cunnilinguist ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== The word has been borrowed to express the act, which in Latin would instead be the unattested *cunnilīnctus. → English: cunnilingus → Undetermined: cunnilingus === References === “cunnĭlingus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Spanish == === Noun === cunnilingus m (uncountable) cunnilingus Synonym: cunnilinguo === Further reading === “cunnilingus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === cunnilingus c (sex) cunnilingus Synonym: (vulgar) fittslick ==== See also ==== anilingus fellatio oralsex slicka === References === “cunnilingus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)