bilat

Shortening of bilateral.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈlæt/

bilat (plural bilats)

1. (informal) A bilateral meeting.
   • 2004, Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy, page 12:

     The bilats 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”, in New 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 and bilats (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”, in PBS NewsHour‎^[2], PBS, retrieved 25 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.

• batil, Talib, -bital, balti, Bălți, Balti

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Compare Hiligaynon bílat, Masbatenyo bilat, and Tausug bilat.

• Hyphenation: bi‧lat
• IPA^(key): /biˈlat/ [bɪˈl̪at̪]

bilát (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. female genitalia
2. (often humorous, vulgar) Used to address one's close female friend

bilát (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. (vulgar) used to express one's surprise at slipping on wet or polished floor
2. (vulgar) used to express one's surprise at a near slip up or accident

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bilat.

• batil, labit, latbi, libat, tabil, talib

bilát

1. vagina, vulva

• IPA^(key): /biˈlat/ [biˈlʌt̚]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /biˈrat/ [biˈrʌt̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bi‧lat

bilát

1. crackle

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “bilát”, in A 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, page 88

bilat

1. (anatomy) vagina

bilat

1. supine of bila

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bilat/ [bɪˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bi‧lat

bilat (Sulat Sūg spelling بِلَتْ) (vulgar)

1. vulva, vagina

   Synonym: lawang

• Used in coarse talk and profane exclamation. In a formal talk a euphemism is always used. See lawang.