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bidon.

can, tin, canister

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Meaning & usage

noun/bi.dɔ̃/

  1. can, tin, canister milk carton

    masculine

  2. can, tin, canister water bottle

    masculine

  3. tummy

    childish · masculine
Where this word comes from

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”).

adj/bi.dɔ̃/

  1. rigged

    invariable · slang
    La course de chevaux est bidon.

  2. phoney, sham

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

  3. crap

    invariable · slang
    Ce film est complètement bidon.
Where this word comes from

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”).

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