Dictionary

bidet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈdeɪ/ (US)
• /ˈbiːdeɪ/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidet.

Meanings

1. A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
   • Near-synonym: washlet (sometimes synonymous)
2. (obsolete) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
   • For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance 1631, Ben Jonson, Chloridia:

Forms

Deriveds

bidet shower · bidet sprayer · bidet spray · Bidet

Synonyms

washlet

Translations (58)

he בִּידֵה (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · nl bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · yue 坐浴桶 (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · lv bidē (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ca bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · cmn 坐浴盤 /坐浴盘 (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · gl bidé (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · acw بديه (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ar مرحضة (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · sk bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · pl bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ro bideu (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ko 비데 (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ja ビデ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · nn bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · lb Bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ar شَطَّافَة (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ar شَطَّاف (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ba биде (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · fi pesuistuin (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · bg биде́ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · nb bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · pt bidê (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · mk биде́ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · io bideto (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · sl bide (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · tr bide (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · lt bidė (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · fa بیده (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · it bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · eo bideo (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · sv bidé (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · tr taharet musluğu (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · uk біде́ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · ru биде́ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · cs bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · el μπιντές (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · cmn 智能廁板 /智能厕板 (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · cmn 坐浴桶 (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · fr bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · mt bidè (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · de Bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · acw بيديه (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · it bidè (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · nrf bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · sh бѝде̄ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · hu bidé (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · es bidé (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · fi bidee (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · br bidochenn (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · es bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · sh bìdē (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · da bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · be бідэ́ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · fi alapesuallas (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · pt bidé (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · scn bidè (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) · is skolskál (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)