different between bidet vs washlet

English

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?bi?de?]
• Rhymes: -i?de?
• (US) IPA^(key): [b??de?]

Noun

bidet (plural bidets)

1. a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
2. (obsolete) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
   • 1631, Ben Jonsons, Chloridia

     For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance

Translations

Anagrams

• betid, bited, debit

Czech

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?d?t]
• Hyphenation: bi?det

Noun

bidet m inan

1. bidet

Declension

Further reading

• bidet in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• bidet in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From bider (“to trot”), of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-Celtic *bid (“small”), related to Irish bídeach (“small”) and Medieval Italian bidetto (“small horse”), itself probably related to Proto-Germanic *bitiz; 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^(key): /bi.d?/

Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

1. pony, small horse
2. bidet

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: bidé, bidê

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• débit

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

1. (Jersey) pony
2. (Jersey) bidet

Synonyms

• (pony): pônîn, p'tit j'va

Polish

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i.d?t/

Noun

bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik)

1. bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) bidetowy

Further reading

• bidet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bidet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bidet]

Noun

bidet m (genitive singular bidetu, nominative plural bidety, genitive plural bidetov, declension pattern of dub)

1. bidet

Declension

References

• bidet in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Noun

bidet m (plural bidets)

1. Alternative form of bidé

English

Etymology

From a trademark. Blend of wash +? toilet, or wash +? -let.

Noun

washlet (plural washlets)

1. (colloquial) A spray-toilet, bidet seat, or any bathroom product meant to cleanse the user.

References

• 150+ results on Google Books
• 120+ results on Archive.org

Translations

Anagrams

• wealths