Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for bathing the genitals and the posterior parts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small horse; formerly, in the British army, a horse allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- n. The basin of a water-closet so made that, in addition to the ordinary places of entrance of water- and discharge-pipe, there is a contrivance for washing or administering injections: sometimes made as a separate article of bedroom furniture.
Wiktionary
- n. a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus
- n. obsolete A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- n. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a basin for washing genitals and anal area
Etymologies
- From French bidet. (Wiktionary)
- French, pony, bidet, probably from Old French bider, to trot. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Considering that a search for the term bidet on the DYI Network site yielded no results, Canada's trees will continue to meet an ignominious end.”
“The first mechanized bidet did not come on the scene until 1750 and was called a bidet à seringue.”
“For those that don't know, a bidet is a mini bath for your rear end!”
The Huffington Post: Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee
“This may seem obvious, but some novices think that a bidet is a toilet without a seat, especially at 3 am, in the dark.”
Lea Lane: Green Clean Where the Sun Don't Shine: Use a Bidet
“The Oxford Companion To The Body traces the merkin back to 1450, a time when the bidet was a distant prospect and personal hygiene fell well short of the mark.”
“Perhaps the Jasmin, then, should properly be called a bidet à computer.”
“In fact, you can not have a bath every day because it takes too long, so their choice is not to have a bath, and when they think is, you know, bidet, which is in Italy absolutely crucial.”
“But he led me into his bedroom, another white cube, empty except for a bed, a chair, a table and a tin bidet.”
“And with "House Hunters International," there's the fun of finding out what other countries consider the norm in everything from room size -- try telling an American that anything but a walk-in closet is spacious enough -- to "the differences with the bathroom, whether or not they have a bidet, which is more common in some countries than others," says James.”
“The losers see their toys blown up in an atmospherically controlled bidet, which is surely sending out the wrong message about consumer durability.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bidet’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
burnisher, shaper vise, salt spreader, soil pulveriser, bible, flutes, baffles, crucifix cross, proofer, gazebo, real bubble wrap, roller tray and 206 more...
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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Sarah's words
adept, pedagogic, pedagogy, discerning, genuine, articulate, collaboration, enterprise, sterile, asunder, prudent, imprudent and 19 more...
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Formerly
Being a list of words with definitions containing the word "formerly."
formerly, armorer, link, plummet, brank, pall-mall, florin, quondam, erstwhile, imponderable, recant, ether and 32 more...
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kingofbash's Words
bash, poleaxed, salacious, libertine, charlatan, aplomb, fortuitous, finagle, apoplectic, debutante, carte blanche, aardvark and 472 more...
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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fuffbee's Words
panopticon, perihelion, apsis, cuppycake, nexus, fufflebee, shawshank, hoi, lool, apogee, id, rubedo and 90 more...
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The State that I am in
A list of differences between living in New York and living in Italy.
bidet, postal service, public transporta..., text messaging, voicemail, the north face, starbucks, pizza, spitting, gay public displa..., coffee, tipping and 17 more...
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Factual
Bovril, grit, croquette, denizen, symbiosis, alimony, parasol, ajwain, sherbet, feline, billet-doux, regicide and 72 more...
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Least Favorites
choicest, sassafras, vomit, amorous, testes, agrarian, egregious, lactate, pus, crotchety, cul-de-sac, precipice and 74 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bidet.

ruzuzu Sure, sure... "The basin of a water-closet so made that, in addition to the ordinary places of entrance of water- and discharge-pipe, there is a contrivance for washing or administering injections: sometimes made as a separate article of bedroom furniture."
--Cent. Dict.
But did you see the part about the horse in the other definition?
Oct 23, 2012
reesetee We can't be trusted with them here. We'd ruin all our nice floors. ;-) Apr 8, 2008
Prolagus My dear friend, how I miss you. Apr 8, 2008