bidón
Spanish, noun/biˈdon/
bidón is spelled B-I-D-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bidón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drum, can, jerrycan (barrel for liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente, usualmente de plástico o metal, destinado a guardar o transportar líquidos”.
What does bidón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrum, can, jerrycan (barrel for liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recipiente, usualmente de plástico o metal, destinado a guardar o transportar líquidos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bidón
- bidones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bidón?
- /biˈdon/
- [biˈð̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bidón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bidón in Spanish?
bidón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).