bidet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bidet. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːdeɪ/ Rhymes: -iːdeɪ Homophone: b-day (US) IPA(key): /bɪˈdeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === betid, bited, debit == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bidet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɪdɛt] Hyphenation: bi‧det === Noun === bidet m inan bidet ==== 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”), itself probably related to Proto-West Germanic *biti (“bite; horse's bit”); 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 === IPA(key): /bi.dɛ/ === Noun === bidet m (plural bidets) pony, small horse bidet ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: μπιντές (bintés) → Polish: bidet → Portuguese: bidê, bidé (Portugal) → Persian: بیده (bide) → English: bidet (see there for further descendants) === References === === Further reading === “bidet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === débit == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bidet m (plural bidets) (Jersey) pony (Jersey) bidet ==== Synonyms ==== (pony): pônîn, p'tit j'va == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bidet. First attested in 1819. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.dɛt/ Rhymes: -idɛt Syllabification: bi‧det === Noun === bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik) bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === 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 === IPA(key): [ˈbidet] === Noun === bidet m inan (relational adjective bidetový) bidet ==== Declension ==== === 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, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈdet/ [biˈð̞et̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification: bi‧det === Noun === bidet m (plural bidets) alternative form of bidé === Further reading === Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “bidet”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] bidet | Diccionario • DELE Ahora