Shortening ofbilateral.
bilat (pluralbilats)
- (informal) Abilateralmeeting.
2004, Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout,The psychology of diplomacy, page12:Thebilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos[…]
2009 July 8, Peter Baker, “Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow”, inNew York Times[1]:The club is “a place to see and be seen,” as its Web site says — that is, unless you are a visiting president who after a day and a half of blinis, beluga andbilats (the diplo term for “bilateral meetings”) just wants to hang out with the clan.
2024 September 24, Jennifer Peltz, “Your short glossary to UN General Assembly meeting lingo”, inPBS NewsHour[2],PBS, retrieved25 September 2024:BILATERAL (or “bilat,” for short): Private meetings between leaders of one country and another. Some argue the real value of UNGA lies in these tête-à-têtes and other personal, off-camera encounters among decision-makers.
First attested inAntonio Pigafetta'sRelazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing thefirst circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
CompareHiligaynonbílat,Masbatenyobilat, andTausugbilat.
- Hyphenation:bi‧lat
- IPA(key): /biˈlat/ [bɪˈl̪at̪]
bilát (Badlit spellingᜊᜒᜎᜆ᜔)
- femalegenitalia
- (often humorous, vulgar)Used to address one's close female friend
bilát (Badlit spellingᜊᜒᜎᜆ᜔)
- (vulgar)used to express one's surprise at slipping on wet or polished floor
- (vulgar)used to express one's surprise at a near slip up or accident
bilát
- vagina,vulva
bilát
- crackle
Dialectal synonyms & variants of bilat
| Southern / Central |
|---|
| Mt. Province | Tadian | bilat, (Banaao,Cadad-anan,Cagubatan,Dacudac,Lenga,Pandayan)bolat |
| Sabangan | bilat, (elderly)bilat /birat |
| Northern / Applai |
|---|
| Mt. Province | Sagada | bilat, (elderly)bilat /birat, (Tanulong)ghilat |
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “bilát”, inA Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“,→OCLC, page88
bilat
- (anatomy)vagina
bilat
- supine ofbila
- (Sinūgan Parianun)IPA(key): /bilat/[bɪˈlat̪̚]
- Rhymes:-at
- Syllabification:bi‧lat
bilat (Sulat Sūg spellingبِلَتْ)(vulgar)
- vulva,vagina
- Synonym:lawang
- Used in coarse talk and profane exclamation. In a formal talk a euphemism is always used. Seelawang.