Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishseke bed
- Englishsickbed
From Middle English seke bed, equivalent to sick + bed.
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Chinese Cantonese 病床
- 病床 (beng⁶ cong⁴)a bed used by a person who is sick
Chinese Mandarin 病床
- 病床 (bìngchuáng)a bed used by a person who is sick
Danish sygeseng, sygeleje
- sygesenga bed used by a person who is sick
- sygelejea bed used by a person who is sick
- hospitalssenga bed used by a person who is sick
Dutch ziekbed, hersteloord
- ziekbeda bed used by a person who is sick
- hersteloorda place for convalescence
Finnish sairasvuode, potilasvuode
- sairasvuodea bed used by a person who is sick
- potilasvuodea bed used by a person who is sick
- sairasvuodea place for convalescence
German Krankenbett, Siechbett
- Krankenbetta bed used by a person who is sick
- Siechbetta bed used by a person who is sick
- Siechenbetta bed used by a person who is sick
- Genesungsorta place for convalescence
- Genesungsbetta place for convalescence
Hungarian betegágy
- betegágya bed used by a person who is sick
Irish leaba thinnis, leaba bhreoiteachta
- leaba thinnisa bed used by a person who is sick
- leaba bhreoiteachtaa bed used by a person who is sick
- leaba thinnisa place for convalescence
- leaba bhreoiteachtaa place for convalescence
Italian capezzale
- capezzalea bed used by a person who is sick
Japanese 病床, 病褥
- 病床 (byōshō)a bed used by a person who is sick
- 病褥 (byōjoku)a bed used by a person who is sick
- 床 (toko)a bed used by a person who is sick
Norwegian Bokmål sykeseng, sjukeseng
- sykesenga bed used by a person who is sick
- sjukesenga bed used by a person who is sick
Polish łoże boleści, łoże boleści
- łoże boleścia bed used by a person who is sick
- łoże boleścia place for convalescence
Swedish sjuksäng, sjukbädd
- sjuksänga bed used by a person who is sick
- sjukbädda bed used by a person who is sick
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APA
sickbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickbed
MLA
“sickbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickbed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sickbed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickbed.
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