culet
/ˈkju.lɪt/noun
culet is a noun meaning “A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-L-E-T, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of culet is culets.
What does culet mean?
noun
- 1
A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
- 2
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce culet?
- /ˈkju.lɪt/
- /ˈkju.lɛt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of culet
- culets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is culet?
Culet appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Culet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small flat face at the base of a cut gemstone:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does culet come from?
From Middle French culet, diminutive of cul (“bottom”), from Latin culus (“arse”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).