couilles

3/5 · Vulgar

What it means

Vulgar body term also used for courage or trouble in phrases.

Literally “testicles”. Short editorial gloss; not an etymological claim.

Pronunciation Heard as “koo yee”

Heard aliases are retrieval hints, not pronunciation instruction. Accent, tone, vowel length and consonant contrasts may be lost.

Used as Coarse / informal

How it's used

Meaning depends on the surrounding words.

How strong is it? 3/5 · Vulgar

Meaning depends on the surrounding words. Ratings are editorial estimates, not universal or survey-calibrated.

abruti

Insult for a complete fool.

avoir de la merde dans les yeux

Fail to see something obvious or judge it properly.

avoir des couilles

Have courage or nerve.

avoir du cul

Be very lucky.