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bidet

name · noun · 4 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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  • UK: /ˈbiːdeɪ/
  • rhymes with -iːdeɪ
  • homophone: b-day
  • US: /bɪˈdeɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪ

1

name

Meaning 1

Joe Biden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, US, derogatory, humorous

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: washlet (sometimes synonymous)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: washlet

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a basin for washing genitals and anal area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: basin

History

Etymology

Blend of bidet + Biden.

Borrowed from French bidet.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَطَّاف (šaṭṭāf) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Arabic: شَطَّافَة (šaṭṭāfa) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Arabic: مرحضة — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Arabic: بديه (bidē) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Arabic: بيديه (bīdē) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Bashkir: биде (bide) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Belarusian: бідэ́ (bidé) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Breton: bidochenn — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Bulgarian: биде́ (bidé) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Catalan: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 坐浴桶 (co5 juk6 tung2) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坐浴桶 (zuòyùtǒng) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坐浴盤 /坐浴盘 (zuòyùpán) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 智能廁板 /智能厕板 (zhìnéng cèbǎn) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Czech: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Danish: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Dutch: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Esperanto: bideo — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Finnish: bidee — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Finnish: pesuistuin — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Finnish: alapesuallas — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • French: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Galician: bidé — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • German: Bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Greek: μπιντές (bintés) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Hebrew: בִּידֵה — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Hungarian: bidé — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Icelandic: skolskál — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Ido: bideto — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Italian: bidè — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Italian: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Japanese: ビデ (bide) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Korean: 비데 (bide) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Latvian: bidē — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Lithuanian: bidė — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Luxembourgish: Bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Macedonian: биде́ (bidé) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Maltese: bidè — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Norman: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Persian: بیده (bide) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Polish: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Portuguese: bidê — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Portuguese: bidé — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Romanian: bideu — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Russian: биде́ (bidɛ́) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѝде̄ — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bìdē — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Sicilian: bidè — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Slovak: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Slovene: bide — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Spanish: bidé — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Spanish: bidet — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Swedish: bidé — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Turkish: bide — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Turkish: taharet musluğu — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus
  • Ukrainian: біде́ (bidé) — low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus