bidule

== French == === Etymology === Of unknown origin. Possibly from Picard bidoule, berdoule (“mud”). First attested in 1940 as military slang for a mess (in the sense of a dirty or disordered thing). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.dyl/ === Noun === bidule m (plural bidules) (informal) thingamajig ==== See also ==== machin truc === Further reading === “bidule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012