bide

See also bidé, bidè, and bidê

English

WOTD – 15 September 2008    

Etymology

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /baɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

bide (third-person singular simple present bides, present participle biding, simple past bode or bided, past participle bided or bidden)

1. (transitive) (chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
2. (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
3. (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
4. (transitive) (archaic) To wait for; to await.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Usage notes

• The verb has been replaced by abide in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression bide one's time.

Derived terms

• bide one's time
• abide

Related terms

• bid
• faith
• fidelity

Translations

(intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain

• Bulgarian: чакам (bg) (čakam), изчаквам (bg) (izčakvam), оставам (bg) (ostavam)
• Korean: 때를 기다리다 (ko)

• Russian: ждать (ru) (ždatʹ), ожидать (ru) (ožidatʹ)

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Basque

Etymology 1

Noun

bide

1. path, track, way
2. way, manner, method, procedure
3. journey
4. line

Derived terms

• bidea galdu
• bideari lotu
• bide eman
• labur bide

Etymology 2

Adverb

bide

1. apparently

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːdə/, [ˈb̥iːðə]

Verb

bide (imperative bid, infinitive at bide, present tense bider, past tense bed, past participle har bidt)

1. bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

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French

Etymology

From bidon.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bid/

Noun

bide m (plural bides)

1. fiasco, flop
2. (colloquial) paunch, belly
3. (uncountable) Something fake.

Synonyms

• (fiasco): fiasco, flop, four
• (belly): bedaine, brioche, panse
• (something fake): bidon

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English bīdan, from Proto-Germanic.

Verb

bide

1. to dwell, to live

   Tae bide somewhaur: to dwell somewhere.

   Tae bide: to dwell.

   Whaur dae ye bide?: where do you live?

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bide n (Cyrillic spelling биде)

1. bidet