bayonet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) enPR: bā'ə-nĕtʹ, bāʹə-nĭt, bāʹə-nĕt', IPA(key): /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
- (dialectal, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈbæɡənɛt/, /ˈbæɡənət/ (see baggonet)[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪənɪt, -eɪənət
Noun[edit]
bayonet (plural bayonets)
- (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.
- 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.”
- (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
weapon
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pin
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)
- (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
- (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[edit]
The spelling bayoneting and bayoneted are preferred in the US, while bayonetting and bayonetted are preferred in the UK.
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Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch bajonet, from French baïonnette.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bayonet (first-person possessive bayonetku, second-person possessive bayonetmu, third-person possessive bayonetnya)
- bayonet,
- (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.
- (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[edit]
- “bayonet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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