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Bidon

BID'ON

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Noun.
A measure of liquids, of about five quarts, wine measure, used by seamen.

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bidon

bidon

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English

Noun

bidon (plural bidons)

  1. (cycling) A water bottle.

French

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/
  • Rhymes: -dɔ̃

Noun

bidon m (plural bidons)

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

Adjective

bidon m, f (invariable)

  1. (slang) rigged
    La course de chevaux est bidon.
  2. (slang) phoney, sham
    Ces cris et ces pleurs sont bidon puisqu'elle ne l'aimait pas.
  3. (slang) crap
    Ce film est complètement bidon.

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Old English

Verb

bidon

  1. preterite plural of bīdan