Meanings
nounbedbug (plural bedbugs)
plural bedbugs · alternative bed bug · alternative bed-bug
- A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.
1 more example
In Morocco, love philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 81Synonyms: mahogany flat, Norfolk Howard, B-flat
- Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*badją
- Proto-West Germanic*badi
- Old Englishbedd
- Middle Englishbed
- Englishbed
- Englishbug
- Englishbedbug
Translations
Afrikaans weeluis
- weeluissmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Ancient Greek κόρις
- κόρις (kóris)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Arabic بَقّ
- بَقّ (baqq)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Basque zimitz
- zimitzsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Bulgarian креватна дървеница
- креватна дървеница (krevatna dărvenica)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Catalan xinxa, xinxa de llit
- xinxasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- xinxa de llitsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Chinese Mandarin 臭蟲 /臭虫, 壁蝨 /壁虱
- 臭蟲 /臭虫 (chòuchóng)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- 壁蝨 /壁虱 (bìshī)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- 蜰蟲 /蜰虫 (féichóng)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- 床蝨 /床虱 (chuángshī)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Czech štěnice
- štěnicesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Danish væggelus
- væggelussmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Dutch bedwants, wandluis
- bedwantssmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- wandluissmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Esperanto cimo, litcimo
- cimosmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- litcimosmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Estonian voodilutikas
- voodilutikassmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Finnish lude, lutikka
- ludesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- lutikkasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
French punaise, punaise de lit
- punaisesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- punaise de litsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- punaise des litssmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
German Wanze, Bettwanze
- Wanzesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- Bettwanzesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- Hauswanzesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- Wandlaussmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Greek κοριός
- κοριός (koriós)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Hawaiian ʻuku lio
- ʻuku liosmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Hebrew פשפש \ פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ, פשפשאי מיטה
- פשפש \ פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (pishpésh)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- פשפשאי מיטהsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Hindi खटमल
- खटमल (khaṭmal)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Hungarian poloska, ágyi poloska
- poloskasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- ágyi poloskasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- vérszívó poloskasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- házi poloskasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Icelandic veggjalús
- veggjalússmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Indonesian kepinding, kutu busuk
- kepindingsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- kutu busuksmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- bangsatsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- tinggismall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- pijat-pijatsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Irish míol leapa
- míol leapasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Italian cimice, cimice da letto
- cimicesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- cimice da lettosmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- cimice dei lettismall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Japanese 床虱, 南京虫
- 床虱 (tokojirami)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- 南京虫 (nankinmushi)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- 床虫 (tokomushi)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Korean 빈대
- 빈대 (bindae)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Latin cīmex
- cīmexsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Latvian blakts
- blaktssmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Lithuanian patalinė blakė
- patalinė blakėsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Malay pijat, pijat-pijat
- pijatsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- pijat-pijatsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Norwegian Bokmål veggedyr, veggdyr
- veggedyrsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- veggdyrsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- veggelussmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Persian ساس
- ساس (sâs)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Polish pluskwa
- pluskwasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Portuguese percevejo
- percevejosmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Punjabi ਖਟਮਲ
- ਖਟਮਲ (khaṭmal)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Romanian ploșniță, păduche de pat
- ploșnițăsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- păduche de patsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Russian клоп, посте́льный клоп
- клоп (klop)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- посте́льный клоп (postélʹnyj klop)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Scottish Gaelic bògas na h-oidhche
- bògas na h-oidhchesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Slovak ploštica posteľná
- ploštica posteľnásmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Spanish chinche, chinche de cama
- chinchesmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
- chinche de camasmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Swahili kunguni
- kungunismall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Swedish vägglus
- vägglussmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Tagalog surot
- surotsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Tamil மூட்டைப் பூச்சி
- மூட்டைப் பூச்சி (mūṭṭaip pūcci)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Thai เรือด, ตัวเรือด
- เรือด (rʉ̂ʉat)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- ตัวเรือด (dtua rêuat)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Turkish tahtakurusu
- tahtakurususmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Ukrainian пості́льний клоп, клоп
- пості́льний клоп (postílʹnyj klop)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
- клоп (klop)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Urdu کھٹمل
- کھٹمل (khaṭmal)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
Vietnamese rệp
- rệpsmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Welsh pycsen
- pycsensmall nocturnal insect pest of humans
Yiddish וואַנץ
- וואַנץ (vants)small nocturnal insect pest of humans
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APA
bedbug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbug
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“bedbug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbug. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedbug,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbug.
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