adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈbɛdɹɪdən/
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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