bedfellow

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• General-American: /ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ/
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From Middle English bedfelawe, equivalent to bed + fellow.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: друга́р по легло́ (drugár po legló) — one with whom one shares a bed
• Bulgarian: друга́рка по легло́ (drugárka po legló) — one with whom one shares a bed
• Bulgarian: друга́рче по легло́ (drugárče po legló) — one with whom one shares a bed
• Dutch: bedgenoot — one with whom one shares a bed
• Finnish: petikaveri — one with whom one shares a bed
• Finnish: vuodetoveri — one with whom one shares a bed
• German: Bettgenosse — one with whom one shares a bed
• German: Bettgenossin — one with whom one shares a bed
• Ancient Greek: εὖνις (eûnis) — one with whom one shares a bed
• Ancient Greek: ἄκοιτις (ákoitis) — one with whom one shares a bed
• Manx: colhiabbagh — one with whom one shares a bed
• Middle English: bedfelawe — one with whom one shares a bed
• Old English: ġebedda — one with whom one shares a bed
• Old English: healsġebedda — one with whom one shares a bed
• Scots: neibour — one with whom one shares a bed
• Swedish: sängkamrat — one with whom one shares a bed
• Finnish: petikaveri — an associate, often an otherwise improbable one
• Finnish: aisapari — an associate, often an otherwise improbable one
• Finnish: vuodetoveri — an associate, often an otherwise improbable one
• Middle English: bedfelawe — an associate, often an otherwise improbable one