bide
French, noun/bid/
bide is spelled B-I-D-E (4 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bide is a French masculine noun meaning “fiasco, flop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ventre”.
What does bide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefiasco, flop
- 2
colloquialmasculinepaunch, belly
- 3
masculineSomething fake
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ventre. 2. Échec complet, fiasco notamment en parlant d’un spectacle.
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 bide
- bides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bide?
- /bid/
- \bid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bide in French?
bide appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).