Standard Lemma guide

bayonet

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪənɪt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪənɛt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: bā'ə-nĕtʹ
  • General-American: bāʹə-nĭt
  • General-American: bāʹə-nĕt'
  • General-American: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
  • General-American: /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/
  • General-American: /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
  • dialectal, obsolete: /ˈbæɡənɛt/
  • dialectal, obsolete: /ˈbæɡənət/
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • rhymes with -eɪənɪt
  • rhymes with -eɪənət
  • CMU ARPABET: B EY1 AH0 N EH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To stab with a bayonet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: knife

6

verb

Meaning 6

stab or kill someone with a bayonet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: knife, stab

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French Bayonne Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French baïonnettebor. English bayonet Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bajonetë — weapon
  • Albanian: kacaturrë — weapon
  • Albanian: syngji — weapon
  • Amharic: ሳንጃ (sanǧa) — weapon
  • Arabic: حَرْبَة (ḥarba) — weapon
  • Arabic: سُونْكِيّ (sunkiyy) — weapon
  • Armenian: սվին (svin) — weapon
  • Azerbaijani: süngü — weapon
  • Belarusian: багне́т (bahnjét) — weapon
  • Bengali: সঙ্গীন (śoṅgin) — weapon
  • Bengali: সঙ্গিন (śoṅgin) — weapon
  • Bulgarian: щик (štik) — weapon
  • Bulgarian: байоне́т (bajonét) — weapon
  • Catalan: baioneta — weapon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刺刀 (cìdāo) — weapon
  • Czech: bajonet — weapon
  • Czech: bodák — weapon
  • Danish: bajonet — weapon
  • Dutch: bajonet — weapon
  • Esperanto: bajoneto — weapon
  • Estonian: tääk — weapon
  • Finnish: pistin — weapon
  • French: baïonnette — weapon
  • Georgian: ხიშტი (xišṭi) — weapon
  • German: Bajonett — weapon
  • Greek: ξιφολόγχη (xifolónchi) — weapon
  • Gujarati: સંગીન (saṅgīn) — weapon
  • Haitian Creole: bayonèt — weapon
  • Hebrew: כִּידוֹן רוֹבֶה (kidon rové) — weapon
  • Hindi: संगीन (saṅgīn) — weapon
  • Hungarian: szurony — weapon
  • Hungarian: bajonett — weapon
  • Icelandic: byssustingur — weapon
  • Ido: bayoneto — weapon
  • Indonesian: sangkur — weapon
  • Irish: Beaignit — weapon
  • Italian: baionetta — weapon
  • Japanese: 銃剣 (jūken) — weapon
  • Japanese: バヨネット (bayonetto) — weapon
  • Kazakh: найза (naiza) — weapon
  • Kazakh: сүңгі (süñgı) — weapon
  • Kazakh: ұштық (ūştyq) — weapon
  • Korean: 총검 (chonggeom) — weapon
  • Northern Kurdish: nize — weapon
  • Northern Kurdish: singû — weapon
  • Northern Kurdish: bayonet — weapon
  • Kyrgyz: штык (ştık) — weapon
  • Kyrgyz: найза (nayza) — weapon
  • Latvian: durklis — weapon
  • Lithuanian: durtuvas — weapon
  • Macedonian: бајонет (bajonet) — weapon
  • Manx: cliwe-gunney — weapon
  • Māori: pēneti — weapon
  • Norman: baïonnette — weapon
  • Norwegian: bajonett — weapon
  • Persian: سرنیزه (sarnize) — weapon
  • Polish: bagnet — weapon
  • Portuguese: baioneta — weapon
  • Romanian: baionetă — weapon
  • Russian: штык (štyk) — weapon
  • Russian: багине́т (baginét) — weapon
  • Scots: baignet — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: бајонет — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: бајунет — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: бајунета — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: bajonet — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: bajunet — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: bajuneta — weapon
  • Slovak: bajonet — weapon
  • Slovak: bodák — weapon
  • Slovene: bajonet — weapon
  • Spanish: bayoneta — weapon
  • Swahili: singe — weapon
  • Swedish: bajonett — weapon
  • Tagalog: bayoneta — weapon
  • Tajik: найза (nayza) — weapon
  • Thai: ดาบปลายปืน (dàap-bplaai-bpʉʉn) — weapon
  • Turkish: süngü — weapon
  • Turkish: bayonet — weapon
  • Turkish: kasatura — weapon
  • Ottoman Turkish: سونكو (süngü) — weapon
  • Turkmen: süngü — weapon
  • Ukrainian: багне́т (bahnét) — weapon
  • Urdu: سنگین (sangīn) — weapon
  • Uzbek: shtik — weapon
  • Uzbek: nayza — weapon
  • Vietnamese: lưỡi lê — weapon
  • Welsh: bidog — weapon
  • Yakut: ыстыык (ïstïïk) — weapon
  • Dutch: pen — pin
  • Dutch: pin — pin
  • Finnish: tappi — pin
  • Polish: bagnet — pin
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