bidon

Etymology

From French bidon.

Noun

bidon (plural bidons)

1. (cycling) A water bottle.

Anagrams

• Bodin, Bondi, dob in

Etymology

From French bidon.

Noun

bidon m inan

1. a bidon, occasionally also: a sports bottle
2. (dated, rare) a jerrycan
3. (dated, rare) a canteen (a water bottle used by a soldier)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bidon m (plural bidons, diminutive bidontje n)

1. A bottle, especially one used on a bicycle

References

Etymology

From Middle French bidon (“small portable container, sealed and made of wood or metal”), from Old Norse bida, *biða (“container, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *bidōn, *bidjan (“tub, vessel, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“pot, bucket, barrel”), from *bʰeydʰ- (“to weave, bind”). Cognate with Icelandic biða (“milkbucket”), Norwegian bide (“churn”), Norwegian bidne (“vessel”), Latin fidēlia (“clay or glass vessel”), Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos, “wine barrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.dɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -dɔ̃

Noun

bidon m (plural bidons)

1. can, tin, canister
2. (childish) tummy

Adjective

bidon (invariable)

1. (slang) rigged

   La course de chevaux est bidon.

   The horse race is rigged.

2. (slang) phoney, sham

   Ces cris et ces pleurs sont bidon puisqu'elle ne l'aimait pas.

   These cries and tears are phoney because she didn't like it.

3. (slang) crap

   Ce film est complètement bidon.

   This film is complete crap.

Derived terms

• bidonville

Further reading

• “bidon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bondi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidon/

Verb

bidon

1. preterite plural of bīdan