Meanings
plural double beds
- UKUSA bed designed for two adults, typically measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters).
‘If you sleep on the floor, I’ll sleep on the floor too. But it seems rather a waste of a fine double bed.[’]
1980 [1962], Ian Fleming, chapter 13, in The Spy Who Loved Me, →ISBN, page 196Synonyms: full bed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bed designed for two adults, typically measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters).
Translations
Bulgarian легло́ персо́н и полови́на
- легло́ персо́н и полови́на (legló persón i polovína)a bed designed for two adults
Catalan llit doble
- llit doblea bed designed for two adults
Danish dobbeltseng
- dobbeltsenga bed designed for two adults
Dutch tweepersoonsbed
- tweepersoonsbeda bed designed for two adults
Finnish parisänky, parivuode
- parisänkya bed designed for two adults
- parivuodea bed designed for two adults
French lit double
- lit doublea bed designed for two adults
German Doppelbett
- Doppelbetta bed designed for two adults
Hungarian franciaágy, kétszemélyes ágy
- franciaágya bed designed for two adults
- kétszemélyes ágya bed designed for two adults
Icelandic hjónarúm, tvíbreitt rúm
- hjónarúma bed designed for two adults
- tvíbreitt rúma bed designed for two adults
Irish leaba dhúbailte
- leaba dhúbailtea bed designed for two adults
Italian letto matrimoniale, letto a due piazze
- letto matrimonialea bed designed for two adults
- letto a due piazzea bed designed for two adults
Norwegian Bokmål dobbeltseng
- dobbeltsenga bed designed for two adults
Polish podwójne łóżko
- podwójne łóżkoa bed designed for two adults
Portuguese cama de casal
- cama de casala bed designed for two adults
Russian двуспа́льная крова́ть
- двуспа́льная крова́ть (dvuspálʹnaja krovátʹ)a bed designed for two adults
Spanish cama de matrimonio
- cama de matrimonioa bed designed for two adults
Thai เตียงคู่
- เตียงคู่a bed designed for two adults
Turkish çift kişilik yatak
- çift kişilik yataka bed designed for two adults
Welsh gwely dwbl
- gwely dwbla bed designed for two adults
Cite this entry
double bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20bed
“double bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20bed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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