# bidet
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bidet.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbiːdeɪ/
** Rhymes: -iːdeɪ
** Homophone: b-day
* (US) IPA: /bɪˈdeɪ/
** Audio (US):(file)
** 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.
** 1631, Ben Jonson, Chloridia:For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance

#### Derived terms

* Bidet
* bidet shower
* bidet spray
* bidet sprayer

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* betid, bited, debit

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bidet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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: /bi.dɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* ↑ 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bidet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### 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: /ˈbi.dɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -idɛt
* Syllabification: bi‧det

### Noun

bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik)
* bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)

#### Derived terms

* bidetowy

### 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

Derived from French bidet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)
* Alternative form of bidé