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fanny

/ˈfæni/noun

fanny is a vulgar noun meaning “The female genitalia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-N-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears 3.0 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Fanny, the name). The plural of fanny is fannies.

What does fanny mean?

noun

  1. 1

    AustraliaIrelandUKvulgarThe female genitalia.

    Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.

  2. 2

    CanadaUSinformalThe buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.

    Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.

  3. 3

    UKvulgarSexual intercourse with a woman.

    get some fanny tonight

  4. 4

    UKvulgarWomen, regarded as sex objects.

    This club is full of fanny.

  5. 5

    UKslangMess kettle or cooking pot.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce fanny?

  • /ˈfæni/

Fanny has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-fanny.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_fanny.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of fanny

  • fannies plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is fanny?

Fanny appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Fanny, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does fanny come from?

19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).