bidon

Meaning

Noun

1. can, tin, canister
2. can, tin, canister
3. tummy

Adj

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

Concepts

can

canteen

canister

tummy

water bottle

jerrycan

hokey

drum

🥁

tin

petrol can

phoney

stomach

barrel

waterbottle

belly

bogus

bottle

churn

container

flack

flask

jug

Synonyms

tonneau

baril

jerrican

canne

faux

fût

gourde

jerricane

boîteux

brame

cucul la praline

gréé

baloney

boîte

📦

canette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bi.dɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: bidon

Cognate with Icelandic: biða

Cognate with Norwegian: bide

Cognate with Norwegian: bidne

Cognate with Latin: fidēlia

In summary

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”).