That confused me briefly - like, people use an extra sink as a bidet? Turns out that what has fallen out of fashion are the entirely separate bidet-only commode

That confused me briefly - like, people use an extra sink as a bidet? Turns out that what has fallen out of fashion are the entirely separate bidet-only commodes. I've more recently only heard "bidet" in the context of something that is built in (or attached) to the regular toilet, that's what is increasing in popularity.