bidet

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English

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A bidet.

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

Noun

bidet (plural bidets)

  1. A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
  2. (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

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bidet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bi‧det

Noun

bidet m inan

  1. bidet

Declension

Declension of bidet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative bidet bidety
genitive bidetu bidetů
dative bidetu bidetům
accusative bidet bidety
vocative bidete bidety
locative bidetu bidetech
instrumental bidetem bidety

Further reading

  • bidet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bidet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

bider +‎ -et. From bider (“to trot”), of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly related to Medieval Italian bidetto (“small horse”), itself probably related to Proto-Germanic *bitiz; or, possibly from a lost Middle French rabider (“go quickly, violently”), a descendant of Latin rabidus (“furious, fierce”), with loss of the initial prefix.

Modern sense derives from analogy with the straddling of a bidet and the straddling of a small horse.

Pronunciation

Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

  1. pony, small horse
  2. bidet

Descendants

  • → Greek: μπιντές (bintés)
  • → Polish: bidet
  • → Portuguese: bidê, bidé
  • → English: bidet (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “bidetto”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bidet”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page biteag
  3. ^ “bidet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bidet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

  1. (Jersey) pony
  2. (Jersey) bidet

Synonyms

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bidet. First attested in 1819.

Pronunciation

Noun

bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik)

  1. bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)

Declension

Declension of bidet
singular plural
nominative bidet bidety
genitive bidetu bidetów
dative bidetowi bidetom
accusative bidet bidety
instrumental bidetem bidetami
locative bidecie bidetach
vocative bidecie bidety

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ 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

Derived from French bidet.

Pronunciation

Noun

bidet m inan (genitive singular bidetu, nominative plural bidety, genitive plural bidetov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bidet

Declension

Declension of bidet
singular plural
nominative bidet bidety
genitive bidetu bidetov
dative bidetu bidetom
accusative bidet bidety
locative bidete bidetoch
instrumental bidetom bidetmi

References

  • “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, 2024

Spanish

Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

  1. Alternative form of bidé
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