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bedridden

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 D R IH2 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

confined to bed (by illness)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Old Armenian: մահճակալ (mahčakal) — confined to bed
  • Bulgarian: прикова́н на легло́ (prikován na legló) — confined to bed
  • Catalan: enllitat — confined to bed
  • Catalan: allitat — confined to bed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臥床不起的 /卧床不起的 (wòchuángbùqǐ de) — confined to bed
  • Dutch: bedlegerig — confined to bed
  • Esperanto: litmalsana — confined to bed
  • Finnish: vuoteenoma — confined to bed
  • French: alité — confined to bed
  • French: cloué au lit — confined to bed
  • French: grabataire — confined to bed
  • German: bettlägerig — confined to bed
  • Greek: κλινήρης (kliníris) — confined to bed
  • Ancient Greek: κλινοπετής (klinopetḗs) — confined to bed
  • Hungarian: ágyhoz kötött — confined to bed
  • Irish: cróilí — confined to bed
  • Italian: degente — confined to bed
  • Italian: allettato — confined to bed
  • Korean: 와상 (wasang) — confined to bed
  • Norman: grabataithe — confined to bed
  • Norman: au pliâtre — confined to bed
  • Norwegian: sengeliggende — confined to bed
  • Old English: beddrida — confined to bed
  • Persian: بستری (bastari) — confined to bed
  • Polish: przykuty do łóżka — confined to bed
  • Polish: obłożnie chory — confined to bed
  • Portuguese: acamado — confined to bed
  • Russian: прико́ванный к посте́ли (prikóvannyj k postéli) — confined to bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: прикован за кревет — confined to bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: везан за кревет — confined to bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: prikovan za krevet — confined to bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: vezan za krevet — confined to bed
  • Spanish: limitado a la cama — confined to bed
  • Spanish: confinado en cama — confined to bed
  • Spanish: postrado en cama — confined to bed
  • Spanish: encamado — confined to bed
  • Swedish: sängliggande — confined to bed
  • Swedish: sängbunden — confined to bed
  • Tagalog: datay — confined to bed
  • Tagalog: nakaratay — confined to bed
  • Tagalog: nasa banig ng karamdaman — confined to bed
  • Tamil: படுத்தபடுக்கையாக (paṭuttapaṭukkaiyāka) — confined to bed
  • Turkish: yatalak — confined to bed
  • Ottoman Turkish: گوتورم (götürüm) — confined to bed
  • Welsh: gorweiddiog — confined to bed
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