bigoudi

== French == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Portuguese bigode (“moustache”) with semantics influenced by the obsolete term bigotère (“moustache curler”), itself derived from Spanish bigote and cognate with the Portuguese term. Attested 1852. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.ɡu.di/ === Noun === bigoudi m (plural bigoudis) curler, roller (for hair) willy, schlong (penis) ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: μπικουτί (bikoutí), μπιγκουντί n (bigkountí) → Russian: бигуди́ (bigudí) → Turkish: bigudi === Further reading === “bigoudi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012