bident

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Latin bidentis (“two-toothed”).

Noun

bident (plural bidents)

1. A form of spear having two prongs.

   The bident and helmet of invisibility are two objects associated with the Greek god Hades and his Roman counterpart Pluto.

Translations

two-pronged spear

• Bulgarian: двузъбец m (dvuzǎbec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 雙叉戟 / 双叉戟 (shuāngchajǐ)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tweetand m
• Finnish: haarukkakeihäs, kaksikärki
• French: ^{(please verify)} bident (fr) m
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ბარჯი (barǯi)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Zweizack m
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} δίκρανο διπλό n (díkrano dipló)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dwisula
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} bidente m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} バイデント (baidento), ^{(please verify)} 刺股 (ja) (sasumata) (specific tool used to deter criminals)
• Latin: furca f, bidēns m
• Polish: dwuząb m
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} bidente (pt) m
• Russian: двузу́бец (ru) m (dvuzúbec)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bidente (es) m

See also

• trident

Anagrams

• bet din, in debt, indebt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.dɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

bident m (plural bidents)

1. bident
2. beggar's ticks (plant of the genus Bidens)

Further reading

• “bident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012