bedclothes
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English
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[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English bedclothys , plural of Middle English bedcloth , bedclothe , bedde clothe ("bed-cloth, bedding"), from Old English bedclāþ , beddclāþ ("coverlet, blanket, bedding, bedclothes"), equivalent to bed + clothes .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bedclothes pl (plural only)
- Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
- She pulled the bedclothes over her neck to stay warm.
- 2013, Candida Lycett Green, Over The Hills And Far Away, →ISBN:
- When she was little and I went to see her in bed, I often thought she wasn't there. She lay so neatly and so straight, without a ruckle and with her head just under the top of the bedclothes.
- Clothing worn to bed.
- Tom put his bedclothes on and went to sleep.
Synonyms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed — see also bedlinen
- Afrikaans: beddegoed , kooigoed
- Arabic: أَغْطِيَةُ السَّرِير f (ʔaḡṭiyatu s-sarīr)
- Azerbaijani: yorğan-döşək , paltar (az)
- Bulgarian: спално бельо (bg) n (spalno beljo), чаршафи (bg) m pl (čaršafi)
- Chinese:
- Czech: lůžkoviny f pl, ložní prádlo n
- Danish: sengelinned n, sengetøj n
- Dutch: beddengoed (nl) n
- Esperanto: litkovrilo , litkovriloj , litaĵo
- Finnish: liinavaatteet (fi) pl, petivaatteet pl, vuodevaatteet (fi) pl, lakanat (fi) pl
- French: linge de lit (fr) m
- German: Bettwäsche (de) f, Bettzeug (de) n
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ἐνεύναιον n (eneúnaion)
- Gujarati: પાગરણ n (pāgraṇ), બિસ્તરો m (bistaro), પથારી f (pathārī)
- Hungarian: ágynemű (hu)
- Ingrian: alus
- Irish: cóir leapa f, córacha leapa f pl, éadach leapa m, éadaí leapa m pl, línéadach leapa m
- Italian: biancheria da letto f
- Macedonian: постелнина f (postelnina)
- Malay:
- Brunei Malay: cadar
- Māori: paraikete
- Norwegian: sengetøy n
- Polish: pościel (pl) f
- Portuguese: roupa de cama (pt) f
- Romanian: lenjerie de pat f, așternut (ro) n
- Russian: посте́льное бельё (ru) n (postélʹnoje belʹjó)
- Scottish Gaelic: aodach-leapa m, adhart m
- Slovak: posteľná bielizeň f
- Spanish: ropa de cama f
- Swedish: sängkläder (sv) c pl
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