See also: Kujon and ku̇jon

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed via German Kujon from French couillon, itself from Italian coglione (fool, sucker, testicle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kujon c (singular definite kujonen, plural indefinite kujoner)

  1. coward

Inflection

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Declension of kujon
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kujon kujonen kujoner kujonerne
genitive kujons kujonens kujoners kujonernes

Synonyms

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kujon, from French couillon.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkujon]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧jon
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

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kujon (plural kujonok)

  1. (colloquial) rake, roué, rakehell
    Synonyms: kópé, gazember, nőcsábász

Declension

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Possessive forms of kujon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kujonom kujonjaim
2nd person sing. kujonod kujonjaid
3rd person sing. kujonja kujonjai
1st person plural kujonunk kujonjaink
2nd person plural kujonotok kujonjaitok
3rd person plural kujonjuk kujonjaik

References

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  1. ^ kujon in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • kujon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Polish

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, kuć +‎ -on,[1] but compare German Kujon from French couillon.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈku.jɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ujɔn
  • Syllabification: ku‧jon

Noun

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kujon m pers (female equivalent kujonka)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, education, school slang) crammer, spod swot, swotter, nerd (someone who spends too much time learning)
    Synonyms: dzięcioł, dziobak

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kujon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “kujon”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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  • kujon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kujon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)