couillon

From Middle French couillon, from Old French coillon, from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative singular of *cōleō, from Latin cōleus; equivalent to couille +‎ -on. Compare Catalan colló, Spanish cojón, Portuguese colhão, Italian coglione.

• IPA^(key): /ku.jɔ̃/

couillon m (plural couillons, feminine couillonne)

1. (vulgar) dickhead, bastard

   Il t'a vraiment trompée ? J'étais sûr que c'était un couillon, ce type.

   He really cheated on you? I knew that guy was a bastard.

2. (vulgar) coward

   C'est un vrai couillon, il est pas capable d'aborder une fille.

   He's a real coward, he's not capable of approaching a girl.

3. (card games) A Belgian card game that is also played in Limburg and on the border of Luxemburg and Germany.
4. (Louisiana) joker, funny person; nut, nutter
5. (Louisiana) fool, simpleton, nitwit

• → Alemannic German: Gajung

couillon (feminine singular couillonne, masculine plural couillons, feminine plural couillonnes)

1. (vulgar) fucking stupid
2. (Louisiana) foolish

• As both an adjective and a noun, couillon is not as vulgar or strong in Louisiana French or even in France.

• couille

• “couillon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
• A detailed explanation of the couillon card game family

From Old French coillon, from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative singular of *cōleō, from Latin cōleus; equivalent to couille +‎ -on.

couillon m (plural couillons)

1. (vulgar) dickhead, bastard
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Il est (dist lors frere Ian) sourd. Il n'entend ce que tu luy diz couillon.

     He is (said their brother Jan) deaf. He can't hear what you say, dickhead.

• couille

• French: couillon
  • → Alemannic German: Gajung