bidet
noun /ˈbiːdeɪ/
/bɪˈdeɪ/
- a low bowl in the bathroom, usually with taps, that you fill with water and sit on to wash your bottom
enlarge imageWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘horse’): from French, literally ‘pony’, from bider ‘to trot’, of unknown origin.
