cony
/ˈkəʊni/
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British/ˈkəwnɪj/
cony noun: a rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
Noun
cony (plural conies)
- A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
- I were skynnes of conny, / That causeth I loke so donny.c. 1517 (date written; published c. 1545), John Skelton, “Here after Foloweth the Booke Called Elynour Rummynge. The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng per Skelton Laureat.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The...
- ORLANDO. Are you native of this place? / ROSALIND. As the cony that you see / dwell where she is kindled.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Rabbit fur.
- Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
- Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafán), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
- A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
- It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.1599, Diet's Dry Dinner
- An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
- Synonyms:
- coney
- Any of certain members of family Epinephelidae of Atlantic groupers, such as mutton hamlets, graysby, Cuban coneys, and rooster hinds.
- A burbot.
- Synonyms:
- coney-fish
- A woman; a sweetheart.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: CONY
CONY
- Initialism of City of New York.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: CoNY
CoNY
- Alternative letter-case form of CONY
cony meaning in Tagalog
cony in Tagalog
- rabbit
- kuneho, buot, dagang-taingahan
Synonyms of cony
Forms of cony
| plural | conies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | coney |
| alternative form | cunny |
| alternative form | connie |
Origin of cony
From Middle English cony, back formation from conies (plural), from Anglo-Norman conis, the plural of connil (“rabbit”), from Latin cunīculus, of unknown origin. Cognate to Catalan conill, Dutch konijn, German Kaninchen, Spanish conejo, and Portuguese coelho. The original pronunciation was /ˈkʌni/ (for the spelling, compare honey and money), but the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony with cunny) led through taboo avoidance both to the word's displacement in the main by rabbit and bunny and to the spelling-pronunciation /ˈkəʊni/ becoming standard.
Words formed from cony
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Questions about cony
- What does cony mean?
- Cony means a rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
- What is cony in Tagalog?
- Cony in Tagalog is kuneho, buot, dagang-taingahan. See Cony meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is cony?
- Cony can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cony?
- Cony is pronounced /ˈkəʊni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cony?
- The plural of cony is conies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cony (page history and authors); CONY (page history and authors); CoNY (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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