Meanings
alternative bed-clothes
- pluralplural onlySheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
She pulled the bedclothes over her neck to stay warm.
1 more example
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.
2013, Candida Lycett Green, Over The Hills And Far Away, →ISBNSynonyms: bedclothing, bedding, covers, bedlinen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
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Origin
- Old Englishbedclāþ
- Middle Englishbedcloth
- Middle Englishbedclothys
- Englishbedclothes
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beddegoed, kooigoed
- beddegoedsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- kooigoedsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Ancient Greek ἐνεύναιον
- ἐνεύναιον (eneúnaion)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Arabic أَغْطِيَةُ السَّرِير
- أَغْطِيَةُ السَّرِير (ʔaḡṭiyatu s-sarīr)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Bulgarian спално бельо, чаршафи
- спално бельо (spalno beljo)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- чаршафи (čaršafi)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Chinese Mandarin 床上用品
- 床上用品 (chuángshàng yòngpǐn)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Czech lůžkoviny, ložní prádlo
- lůžkovinysheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- ložní prádlosheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Danish sengelinned, sengetøj
- sengelinnedsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- sengetøjsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Dutch beddengoed
- beddengoedsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Esperanto litkovrilo, litkovriloj
- litkovrilosheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- litkovrilojsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- litaĵosheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Finnish liinavaatteet, petivaatteet
- liinavaatteetsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- petivaatteetsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- vuodevaatteetsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- lakanatsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
French linge de lit
- linge de litsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
German Bettwäsche, Bettzeug
- Bettwäschesheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- Bettzeugsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Hungarian ágynemű
- ágyneműsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Irish cóir leapa, córacha leapa
- cóir leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- córacha leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- éadach leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- éadaí leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- línéadach leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Italian biancheria da letto
- biancheria da lettosheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Māori paraikete
- paraiketesheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Norwegian sengetøy
- sengetøysheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Polish pościel
- pościelsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Portuguese roupa de cama
- roupa de camasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Romanian lenjerie de pat, așternut
- lenjerie de patsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- așternutsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Russian посте́льное бельё
- посте́льное бельё (postélʹnoje belʹjó)sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Scottish Gaelic aodach-leapa, adhart
- aodach-leapasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
- adhartsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Slovak posteľná bielizeň
- posteľná bielizeňsheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Spanish ropa de cama
- ropa de camasheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Swedish sängkläder
- sängklädersheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
Cite this entry
bedclothes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedclothes
“bedclothes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedclothes. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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