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5-letter words (1 found)

BIDON,

4-letter words (4 found)

BIND,BOND,DINO,NODI,

3-letter words (16 found)

BID,BIN,BIO,BOD,BOI,BON,DIB,DIN,DOB,DON,ION,NIB,NID,NOB,NOD,OBI,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,DI,DO,ID,IN,IO,NO,OB,OD,OI,ON,

You can make 33 words from bidon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bidon

bidon ibdon bdion dbion idbon dibon biodn ibodn boidn obidn iobdn oibdn bdoin dboin bodin obdin dobin odbin idobn diobn iodbn oidbn doibn odibn bidno ibdno bdino dbino idbno dibno bindo ibndo bnido nbido inbdo nibdo bdnio dbnio bndio nbdio dnbio ndbio idnbo dinbo indbo nidbo dnibo ndibo biond ibond boind obind iobnd oibnd binod ibnod bniod nbiod inbod nibod bonid obnid bnoid nboid onbid nobid ionbd oinbd inobd niobd onibd noibd bdoni dboni bodni obdni dobni odbni bdnoi dbnoi bndoi nbdoi dnboi ndboi bondi obndi bnodi nbodi onbdi nobdi donbi odnbi dnobi ndobi ondbi nodbi idonb dionb iodnb oidnb doinb odinb idnob dinob indob nidob dniob ndiob iondb oindb inodb niodb onidb noidb donib odnib dnoib ndoib ondib nodib

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Definitions and meaning of bidon

bidon

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon (“can, canister, tin”), from Middle French bidon (“small sealed portable container made of metal or wood”), from Old Norse *biða (“container, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *bidōn, *bidjan (“tub, vat; vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“barrel; bucket; pot”), from *bʰeydʰ- (“to bind; to weave”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiːdɒn/, /-dɒ̃/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbidɑn/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧don

Noun

bidon (plural bidons)

  1. A bottle or flask for holding a beverage such as water or wine; (specifically, sports) a water bottle which can be squeezed to squirt the beverage out of the nozzle, especially (cycling) one designed for mounting on a bicycle.
    Hypernym: sports bottle
  2. (archaic) A container for holding a liquid.
    1. A cup made of wood.
    2. An oil drum; a petrol can.
      (petrol can): Synonym: jerrycan

Related terms

  • bidonville

Translations

References

Further reading

  • glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • water bottle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • bidon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bodin, Bondi, dob in

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon.

Noun

bidon m inan

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

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈdɔn/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧don
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

bidon m (plural bidons, diminutive bidonnetje n)

  1. A bidon; a sports drinking bottle, especially one used on a bicycle.

Derived terms

  • bidonhouder

References

  • [3][4]

French

Etymology

Inherited 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.dɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bidon m (plural bidons)

  1. can, tin, canister
    1. milk carton
    2. water bottle
  2. (childish) tummy

Descendants

Adjective

bidon (invariable)

  1. (slang) rigged
  2. (slang) phoney, sham
  3. (slang) crap

Derived terms

  • bidonville

Further reading

  • “bidon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bondi

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bidão.

Noun

bidon

  1. drum

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbidon/

Verb

bidon

  1. preterite plural of bīdan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon. First attested in 1864.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.dɔn/
  • Rhymes: -idɔn
  • Syllabification: bi‧don

Noun

bidon m inan

  1. water bottle, canister, bidon
    wypić bidon czegoś ― to drink a water bottle of something
    plastikowy bidon ― a plastic water bottle
    pusty bidon ― an empty water bottle
    nalać czegoś do bidonu ― to fill a water bottle with something
    pić z bidonu ― to drink from a water bottle

Declension

References

Further reading

  • bidon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bidon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bidon, Italian bidone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈdon/

Noun

bidon n (plural bidoane)

  1. can, tin, canister
    Synonym: (regional) matara
  2. a canteen (a water bottle used by a soldier)
  3. a water bottle
  4. (plural only, slang) jugs, cans, breasts

Declension

Related terms

  • bidonvil

See also

  • ploscă

References

  • bidon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org