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- Middle Englishbedeschette
- Englishbedsheet
From Middle English bedeschette, bedshete, bed shete, equivalent to bed + sheet.
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Afrikaans laken
- lakena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Ancient Greek κειρία
- κειρία (keiría)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Arabic شَرْشَف, مَلَاءَات
- شَرْشَف (šaršaf)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- مَلَاءَات (malāʔāt)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Bulgarian чаршаф
- чаршаф (čaršaf)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Catalan llençol
- llençola sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Chinese Cantonese 床單 /床单
- 床單 /床单 (cong⁴ daan¹)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Chinese Mandarin 床單 /床单
- 床單 /床单 (chuángdān)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Czech prostěradlo
- prostěradloa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Danish lagen
- lagena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Dutch laken
- lakena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Esperanto litotuko
- litotukoa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Estonian voodilina
- voodilinaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Finnish lakana
- lakanaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
French drap, drap de lit
- drapa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- drap de lita sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
German Bettlaken, Bettzeug
- Bettlakena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- Bettzeuga sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- Lakena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- Leintucha sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Greek σεντόνι
- σεντόνι (sentóni)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Hawaiian hāliʻi moe, hāliʻi pela
- hāliʻi moea sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- hāliʻi pelaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Hebrew סָדִין
- סָדִין (sadin)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Hindi चादर
- चादर (cādar)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Hungarian lepedő, ágynemű
- lepedőa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- ágyneműa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Icelandic lak
- laka sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Indonesian seprai, seprei
- sepraia sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- sepreia sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Irish braillín
- braillína sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Italian lenzuolo
- lenzuoloa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Japanese シーツ, 敷布
- シーツ (shītsu)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- 敷布 (shikifu)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Korean 홑이불
- 홑이불 (honnibul)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Latvian palags
- palagsa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Lithuanian paklodė
- paklodėa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Māori hīti
- hītia sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Norwegian laken
- lakena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Persian چادر شب, ملافه
- چادر شب (čâdar-e šab)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- ملافه (malâfe)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- شمد (šamad)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Polish prześcieradło
- prześcieradłoa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Portuguese lençol
- lençola sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Romanian cearșaf
- cearșafa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Russian простыня́
- простыня́ (prostynjá)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Scottish Gaelic siota
- siotaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Slovak plachta, prestieradlo
- plachtaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- prestieradloa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Spanish sábana
- sábanaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Swahili shuka
- shukaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Swedish lakan
- lakana sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Tagalog kubrekama, kumot
- kubrekamaa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- kumota sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Thai ผ้าปูเตียง, ผ้าปูที่นอน
- ผ้าปูเตียง (pâa-bpuu-dtiiang)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- ผ้าปูที่นอน (pâa-bpuu-tîi-nɔɔn)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Turkish yatak çarşafı, çarşaf
- yatak çarşafıa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- çarşafa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Ukrainian простиня, простирадло
- простиня (prostynja)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- простирадло (prostyradlo)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Vietnamese vải trải giường
- vải trải giườnga sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Welsh cynfas, shiten
- cynfasa sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- shitena sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Yiddish לײַלאַך
- לײַלאַך (laylakh)a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Zulu ishidi lombhede
- ishidi lombhedea sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
Cite this entry
APA
bedsheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedsheet
MLA
“bedsheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedsheet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedsheet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedsheet.
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