bidet
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A bidet.
See also: Bidet
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bidet (plural bidets)
- A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
- (obsolete) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- 1631, Ben Jonson, Chloridia:
- For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance
Derived terms
Translations
low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
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Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bidet m inan
Declension
Further reading
- “bidet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bidet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
From Middle French bider (“to trot”), of unknown ultimate origin, + -et. Possibly related to Medieval Italian bidetto (“small horse”),[1] itself probably related to Proto-West Germanic *biti (“bite; horse's bit”);[2] or, possibly from a lost Middle French rabider (“go quickly, violently”), a descendant of Latin rabidus (“furious, fierce”), with loss of the initial prefix.[3]
Modern sense derives from analogy with the straddling of a bidet and the straddling of a small horse.[4]
Pronunciation
Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
Descendants
- → Greek: μπιντές (bintés)
- → Polish: bidet
- → Portuguese: bidê, bidé (Portugal)
- → Persian: بیده (bide)
- → English: bidet (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “bidetto”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bidet”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page biteag
- ^ “bidet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bidet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “bidet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
Synonyms
- (pony): pônîn, p'tit j'va
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bidet. First attested in 1819.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik)
- bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)
Declension
Declension of bidet
Derived terms
adjective
References
- ^ Kuryer Litewski, number 92, 1819, page 3
Further reading
- bidet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bidet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bidet m inan (relational adjective bidetový)
Declension
Declension of bidet (pattern dub)
Further reading
- “bidet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
- Alternative form of bidé