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con

French, noun/kɔ̃/

con is spelled C-O-N (3 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Con is a French masculine noun meaning “(dated) cunt, pussy (the female genitalia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sexe de la femme”.

What does con mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevulgar(dated) cunt, pussy (the female genitalia)

  2. 2

    masculinevulgararsehole, asshole, fucktard, cunt, retard (stupid person)

adjective

  1. 1

    slangvulgarstupid

prefix

as con-
  1. 1

    con-

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sexe de la femme. 2. Rapport sexuel, dans l’expression les choses du con. 3. Personne stupide, désagréable ou mauvaise à force de bêtise. 4. (surtout ) Terme d'adresse amical ; façon de désigner plaisamment une tierce personne.

noun: 1. Abréviation de canton

adjective: 1. Bête, stupide, inepte. 2. Désagréable, mauvais. 3. Se dit de quelque chose de regrettable. 4. Évident, simple ; qui ne réclame pas une grande intelligence.

interjection: 1. ou Renforce l’exclamation, surtout dans le sud de la France où il peut même suivre putain avec la même signification.

prefix: 1. Préfixe exprimant l’adjonction, la réunion, le parallélisme, la simultanéité, l’identité, l'appartenance et la subordination. 2. Préfixe intensif.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of con

  • cons plural
  • conne feminine
  • connes feminine plural
  • c
  • conno dialectal
  • cᵒⁿ singular
  • cᵒⁿˢ plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce con?

  • /kɔ̃/
  • \kɔ̃\
  • \kɑ̃.tɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to con

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is con in French?

con appears 79 times per million words in written French.

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

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