cucul
French, noun/ky.ky/
cucul is spelled C-U-C-U-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucul is a French masculine noun meaning “bum, bottom, derriere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cul”.
What does cucul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialcorny, cheesy, tacky, twee
- 2
colloquialsilly, ditzy, dopey; gullible, naive
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebum, bottom, derriere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Naïf, niais voire simplet. 2. Il peut être suivi d’un substantif féminin à valeur intensive → voir cucul la praline. 3. Ridicule.
noun: 1. Cul.
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 cucul
- cuculs plural
- cul-cul alternative
- cucu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cucul?
- /ky.ky/
- \ky.ky\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cucul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cucul in French?
cucul appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).