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EuroLex/F/Bayonet

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  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: baïonnette - 1. bayonet (in the sense of: a blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat)



(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech bajonet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Danish bajonet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch bajonet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English noun: bayonet,
verb: to bajonet
1611 'meaning 1,

and also: a type of fitting for a light bulb or camera lens, etc in which prongs on its side fit into slots to hold it in place

verb: to stab someone or something with a bayonet'

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Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Bajonett ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian baionetta ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian bajonett ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Polish bagnet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Portuguese noun: baioneta;
verb: baionetar
... 'noun: meaning 1

verb: to stab someone or something with a bayonet'

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Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak bajonet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Slovenian bajonet ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Spanish bayoneta ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish bajonett ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

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Etymology: said to be from Bayonne, city in France where they were first made,or perhaps a diminutive of OF bayon "crossbow bolt"

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages

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Estonian: tääk

Finnish: pistin

Hungarian: szurony

Latvian: durklis

Lithuanian: durtuvas