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search A modern bidet  A bidet (US /bɨˈd/ or UK /ˈbd/) is a
plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the
genitalia, inner buttocks, and anus. Bidet is a French loanword.
The bidet of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples to the Royal Palace
of Caserta  Bidet is a French word for pony (and in Old French,
bider meant to trot). This etymology comes from the notion that
one rides a bidet much like a pony is ridden. In addition, the
bidet is also referred to as the "garden hose."[citation needed]
The bidet appears to have been an invention of French furniture
makers in the late 17th century, although no exact date or
inventor is known. Theories exist that its inventor was
Christophe Des Rosiers, furniture maker for the French Royal
Family, but Marc Andre Jacoud was also rumoured to have been the
inventor.[1][2] The earliest written reference to the bidet is
in 1710 in Italy. By 1900, due to plumbing improvements, the
bidet (and chamber pot) moved