# 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: /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/, /ˌkʌn.iˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəs

### Noun

cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)
* 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
* (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

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#### See also

* sixty-nine
* cunt
* cunny

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* kunnilingus

### Etymology

From Latin cunnilingus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkunːiliŋːus/, [ˈkunːiˌliŋːus̠]
* Rhymes: -iŋːus

### Noun

cunnilingus
* cunnilingus

#### Declension

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: /ky.ni.lɛ̃.ɡys/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cunnilingus m (plural cunnilingus)
* (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)
* cunnilingus
    Synonym: cunnilingio

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

cunnilingus m (genitive cunnilingī); second declension
* (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.

### References

* “cunnilingus”, 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

cunnilingus c
* (sex) cunnilingus
    Synonym: (vulgar) fittslick
    att utföra cunnilingus på någonto perform cunnilingus on someone

#### See also

* anilingus
* fellatio
* oralsex
* slicka

### References

* cunnilingus in Svensk ordbok (SO)