Meanings
nounbedroom (plural bedrooms)
plural bedrooms · alternative archaic bed room · alternative archaic bed-room
- A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
Please don't enter my bedroom without knocking.
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The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].
1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 33I am in the bedroom.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) - euphemisticThe location of sexual activity.
"How are things in the bedroom?" asked the marriage therapist.
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If you’re single, you might be going through a dry spell, or if you’re taken, life in the bedroom has become more routine and less of a spontaneous, fun activity.
2023 August 11, Jake Register, “Your Sex Horoscope for the Weekend”, in Cosmopolitan
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nouna room used primarily for sleeping
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Afrikaans slaapkamer
- slaapkamerroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Ancient Greek κοιτών, θάλαμος
- κοιτών (koitṓn)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- θάλαμος (thálamos)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Arabic مَخْدَع, غُرْفَةُ نَوْم
- مَخْدَع (maḵdaʕ)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- غُرْفَةُ نَوْم (ḡurfatu nawm)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Basque logela, etzaleku
- logelaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- etzalekuroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Bengali শোবার ঘর, শয়নকক্ষ
- শোবার ঘর (śōbar ghor)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- শয়নকক্ষ (śoẏnokokkho)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Bulgarian спа́лня, со́ба
- спа́лня (spálnja)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- со́ба (sóba)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- одая́ (odajá)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Catalan dormitori, cambra
- dormitoriroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- cambraroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Chinese Cantonese 臥室 /卧室
- 臥室 /卧室 (ngo⁶ sat¹)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Chinese Mandarin 臥室 /卧室, 寢室 /寝室
- 臥室 /卧室 (wòshì)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- 寢室 /寝室 (qǐnshì)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Czech ložnice
- ložniceroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Danish soveværelse
- soveværelseroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Dutch slaapkamer
- slaapkamerroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Esperanto dormĉambro
- dormĉambroroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Estonian magamistuba
- magamistubaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Finnish makuuhuone
- makuuhuoneroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
French chambre, chambre à coucher
- chambreroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- chambre à coucherroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- dortoirroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- piauleroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
German Schlafzimmer, Schlafstube
- Schlafzimmerroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- Schlafstuberoom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Greek κρεβατοκάμαρα, υπνοδωμάτιο
- κρεβατοκάμαρα (krevatokámara)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- υπνοδωμάτιο (ypnodomátio)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Hawaiian lumi moe
- lumi moeroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Hebrew חדר שינה \ חֲדַר־שֵׁנָה
- חדר שינה \ חֲדַר־שֵׁנָה (khadár-sheiná)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Hindi शयनकक्ष, ख़्वाबगाह
- शयनकक्ष (śayankakṣ)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- ख़्वाबगाह (xvābgāh)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Hungarian háló, hálószoba
- hálóroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- hálószobaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Icelandic svefnherbergi
- svefnherbergiroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Indonesian kamar tidur, ruang tidur
- kamar tidurroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- ruang tidurroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Irish seomra leapa, seomra codlata
- seomra leaparoom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- seomra codlataroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Italian camera da letto, camera
- camera da lettoroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- cameraroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Japanese 寝室
- 寝室 (shinshitsu)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Korean 침실
- 침실 (chimsil)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Latin cubiculum
- cubiculumroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Latvian guļamistaba
- guļamistabaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Lithuanian miegamasis
- miegamasisroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Malay bilik tidur
- bilik tidurroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Māori rūma moe
- rūma moeroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Norwegian Bokmål soveværelse, soverom
- soveværelseroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- soveromroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Polish sypialnia, szlafsztuba
- sypialniaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- szlafsztubaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Portuguese quarto, dormitório
- quartoroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- dormitórioroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Romanian dormitor, dormitoare
- dormitorroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- dormitoareroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Russian спа́льня
- спа́льня (spálʹnja)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-leapa, seòmar-cadail
- seòmar-leaparoom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- seòmar-cadailroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- seòmar-laigheroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Slovak spálňa
- spálňaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Spanish alcoba, dormitorio
- alcobaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- dormitorioroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- cuartoroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- habitaciónroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- piezaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- recámararoom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Swahili chumba cha kulala, pakulalia
- chumba cha kulalaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- pakulaliaroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Swedish sovrum
- sovrumroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Tagalog silid-tulugan, silid-higaan
- silid-tuluganroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- silid-higaanroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Thai ห้องนอน
- ห้องนอน (hɔ̂ng-nɔɔn)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Turkish yatak odası
- yatak odasıroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Ukrainian спа́льня
- спа́льня (spálʹnja)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Urdu خْوَاب گاہ, آرام گاہ
- خْوَاب گاہ (xvāb gāh)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- آرام گاہ (ārām gāh)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- شَبِسْتان (śabistān)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Vietnamese phòng ngủ, buồng ngủ
- phòng ngủroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- buồng ngủroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Welsh ystafell wely, llofft
- ystafell welyroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
- llofftroom in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
Yiddish שלאָפֿצימער
- שלאָפֿצימער (shloftsimer)room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
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APA
bedroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom
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“bedroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedroom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom.
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