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bidule

French, noun

bidule is spelled B-I-D-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bidule is a French masculine noun meaning “thingamajig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bidule is a different word: “what's-his-name, what's-her-name, what's-your-name”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit objet, machin, truc”.

What does bidule mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculinethingamajig

    C’est quoi ce bidule?

noun

as Bidule
  1. 1

    derogatoryinformalwhat's-his-name, what's-her-name, what's-your-name

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petit objet, machin, truc. 2. Tout petit objet dans un ensemble, tel qu’une note de bas de page dans un document. 3. Petit récipient cylindrique introduit dans les bouteilles de vin effervescent en méthode traditionnelle sous la capsule couronne au moment de la mise en bouteille du vin de base, auquel viennent d’être ajoutées les levures pour la phase de prise de mousse. C’est cette partie qui est enlevée, avec le dépôt de levures mortes lors du dégorgement. 4. Répétiteur lumineux situé sur le toit des taxis en France.

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 bidule

  • bidules plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bidule

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bidule in French?

bidule appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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