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beddy-bye

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed, sleeping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: baby-talk, childish, idiomatic, uncountable

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History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِينِي (nīnī) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Arabic: نَانَا (nānā) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Arabic: نَامْ نَامْ (nām nām) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Armenian: բաբայ (babay) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Catalan: nona — bedtime for a toddler
  • Czech: hajany — bedtime for a toddler
  • French: dodo — bedtime for a toddler
  • German: Heia — bedtime for a toddler
  • Greek: νάνι (náni) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Italian: nanna — bedtime for a toddler
  • Japanese: おねんね (onenne) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Japanese: ねんね (nenne) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Neapolitan: nonna — bedtime for a toddler
  • Polish: pora snu — bedtime for a toddler
  • Polish: czas lulu — bedtime for a toddler
  • Portuguese: oó — bedtime for a toddler
  • Russian: ба́юшки-баю́ (bájuški-bajú) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Russian: баю-ба́й (baju-báj) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Russian: ба́ю-ба́юшки-баю́ (báju-bájuški-bajú) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Russian: бай-ба́й (baj-báj) — bedtime for a toddler
  • Scottish Gaelic: bà bà — bedtime for a toddler
  • Welsh: cyci-beis — bedtime for a toddler