bayonet

English

Etymology

From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/

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• enPR: bā'ə-nĕtʹ, bāʹə-nĭt, bāʹə-nĕt', IPA^(key): /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪənɪt, -eɪənət

Noun

bayonet (plural bayonets)

1. (military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:

     Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.

   • 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 515:

     “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.”

2. (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Derived terms

• bayonet charge
• bayonet clutch
• Bayonet Constitution
• bayonet joint
• knife bayonet
• Spanish bayonet
• spike bayonet
• sword bayonet

 

Translations

weapon

• Akan: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: bajonetë (sq), kacaturrë (sq), kacaturr
• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حَرْبَة f (ḥarba), سُونْكِيّ m (sunkiyy)
• Armenian: սվին (hy) (svin)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: süngü (az)
• Belarusian: багне́т m (bahnjét)
• Bengali: সঙ্গীন (śoṅgin), সঙ্গিন (śoṅgin)
• Bulgarian: щик (bg) m (štik), байоне́т (bg) m (bajonét)
• Catalan: baioneta (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺刀 (zh) (cìdāo)

• Czech: bajonet (cs) m, bodák m
• Danish: bajonet c
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bajonet (nl) f
• Esperanto: bajoneto
• Estonian: tääk (et)
• Finnish: pistin (fi)
• French: baïonnette (fr) f
• Fula: please add this translation if you can
• Georgian: ხიშტი (xišṭi)
• German: Bajonett (de) n
• Greek: ξιφολόγχη (el) f (xifolónchi)
• Gujarati: સંગીન (saṅgīn)
• Hebrew: כִּידוֹן רוֹבֶה f (kidon rové)
• Hindi: संगीन (hi) f (saṅgīn)
• Hungarian: szurony (hu), bajonett (hu)
• Icelandic: byssustingur m
• Ido: bayoneto (io)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: sangkur (id)
• Italian: baionetta (it) f
• Japanese: 銃剣 (ja) (じゅうけん, jūken), バヨネット (bayonetto)
• Kazakh: найза (naiza), сүңгі (süñgı), ұштық (ūştyq)
• Korean: 총검(銃劍) (ko) (chonggeom)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nize (ku), singû (ku), bayonet (ku)

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• Kyrgyz: штык (ky) (ştık), найза (ky) (nayza)
• Latvian: durklis m
• Lithuanian: durtuvas m
• Macedonian: бајонет m (bajonet)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: cliwe-gunney m
• Maori: pēneti
• Norman: baïonnette f
• Norwegian: bajonett (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: سونگو (süngü), سنگو (süngü), سونگی (süngü)
• Persian: سرنیزه (fa) (sarnize)
• Polish: bagnet (pl) m
• Portuguese: baioneta (pt) f
• Romanian: baionetă (ro) f
• Russian: штык (ru) m (štyk), багине́т (ru) m (baginét) (dated or older variety)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бајонет m, бајунет m, бајунета f

  Roman: bajonet (sh) m, bajunet (sh) m, bajuneta f

• Slovak: bajonet m, bodák m
• Slovene: bajonet (sl) m
• Spanish: bayoneta (es) f
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: singe (sw)
• Swedish: bajonett (sv) c
• Tajik: найза (tg) (nayza)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ดาบปลายปืน (dàap-bplaai-bpʉʉn)
• Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: süngü (tr), bayonet (tr), kasatura (tr)
• Turkmen: süngü
• Ukrainian: багне́т (uk) m (bahnét)
• Urdu: سنگین f (sangīn)
• Uzbek: shtik (uz), nayza (uz)
• Vietnamese: lưỡi lê (vi)
• Welsh: bidog m or f
• Wolof: please add this translation if you can
• Yakut: ыстыык (ıstıık)
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

pin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tappi (fi)

See also

• knife
• spear
• sword

Verb

bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)

1. (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
2. (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
   • 1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC:

     to bayonet us into a submission

Usage notes

The spelling bayoneting and bayoneted are preferred in the US, while bayonetting and bayonetted are preferred in the UK.

Anagrams

• Oytaben

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bajonet, from French baïonnette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈjonɛt]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yo‧nèt

Noun

bayonet (first-person possessive bayonetku, second-person possessive bayonetmu, third-person possessive bayonetnya)

1. bayonet,
   1. (military) a pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
   2. (engineering) a pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Further reading

• “bayonet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.