Polyglot Dictionary

bide

/bid/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
les bides

Meaning

  1. belly (informal); also a flop, failure

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ventre

ventre is the neutral, anatomical word for "belly, stomach," usable anywhere; bide is the casual slang version, used joking about someone having put on weight.

Practice

1 What does bide mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il a pris du ___ depuis qu'il ne fait plus de sport.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bide?

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