bid

Signification

Verb

1. To issue a command; to tell.
2. To invite; to summon.
3. To utter a greeting or salutation.

Noun

1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
2. A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
4. A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
5. (slang) A prison sentence.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪd/

Étymologie

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below).
Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.