bidasse
French, noun/bi.das/
bidasse is spelled B-I-D-A-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bidasse is a French masculine noun meaning “squaddie, grunt (ordinary soldier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat, homme de troupe”.
What does bidasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinesquaddie, grunt (ordinary soldier)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat, homme de troupe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bidasse
- bidasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bidasse?
- /bi.das/
- \bi.das\
- [biˈðasə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bidasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bidasse in French?
bidasse appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).