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bedroom

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdɹuːm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdɹʊm/
  • General-American: /ˈbɛdˌɹum/
  • General-American: /ˈbɛdɹʊm/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 D R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Please don't enter my bedroom without knocking.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The location of sexual activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Examples

  • "How are things in the bedroom?" asked the marriage therapist.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a room used primarily for sleeping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: boudoir, child's room, dormitory, dormitory room, dorm room, guestroom, hotel room, master bedroom, motel room

History

Etymology

From bed + room.

Across languages

Translations

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ацәарҭа (acwarta) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Afrikaans: slaapkamer — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Albanian: dhomë gjumi — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Southern Altai: уйуктаар кып (uyuktaar kïp) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Amharic: መኝታ ቤት (mäñta bet) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Amharic: መኝታ ክፍል (mäñta kəfl) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Arabic: مَخْدَع (maḵdaʕ) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Arabic: غُرْفَةُ نَوْم (ḡurfatu nawm) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Arabic: أوضة نوم (ūdat nawm) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Armenian: ննջարան (nnǰaran) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Armenian: ննջասենյակ (nnǰasenyak) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Azerbaijani: yataq otağı — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Basque: logela — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Basque: etzaleku — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Belarusian: спа́льня (spálʹnja) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Bengali: শোবার ঘর (śōbar ghor) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Bengali: শয়নকক্ষ (śoẏnokokkho) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Bulgarian: спа́лня (spálnja) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Bulgarian: со́ба (sóba) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Bulgarian: одая́ (odajá) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Burmese: အိပ်ခန်း (iphkan:) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Catalan: dormitori — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Catalan: cambra — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Chechen: дуьйшу чоь (düüšu čö) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Chinese Cantonese: 臥室 /卧室 (ngo6 sat1) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臥室 /卧室 (wòshì) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寢室 /寝室 (qǐnshì) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • West Circassian: зыщычъыехэрэ ун (zəśəĉəjexɛrɛ wun) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Cornish: chambour — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Czech: ložnice — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Danish: soveværelse — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Dutch: slaapkamer — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Esperanto: dormĉambro — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Estonian: magamistuba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ewe: anyimlɔxɔ — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Faroese: sovikamar — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Finnish: makuuhuone — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • French: chambre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • French: chambre à coucher — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • French: dortoir — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • French: piaule — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Old French: chambre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Old French: cambre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Old French: canbre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Georgian: საძინებელი ოთახი (saʒinebeli otaxi) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Georgian: საწოლი ოთახი (sac̣oli otaxi) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • German: Schlafzimmer — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • German: Schlafstube — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Greek: κρεβατοκάμαρα (krevatokámara) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Greek: υπνοδωμάτιο (ypnodomátio) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ancient Greek: κοιτών (koitṓn) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ancient Greek: θάλαμος (thálamos) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Greenlandic: sinittarfik — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Gujarati: સૂવાનો ઓરડો (sūvāno oraḍo) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Gujarati: શયનખંડ (śayankhaṇḍ) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hawaiian: lumi moe — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hebrew: חדר שינה \ חֲדַר־שֵׁנָה (khadár-sheiná) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hindi: शयनकक्ष (śayankakṣ) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hindi: ख़्वाबगाह (xvābgāh) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hungarian: háló — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Hungarian: hálószoba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Icelandic: svefnherbergi — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ido: dormo-chambro — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Indonesian: kamar tidur — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Indonesian: ruang tidur — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ingush: бийша бада цӏа (biı̇ša bada cʼa) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Irish: seomra leapa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Irish: seomra codlata — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Italian: camera da letto — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Italian: camera — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Japanese: 寝室 (shinshitsu) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Kazakh: жатын бөлме (jatyn bölme) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Kazakh: жатаржай (jatarjai) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Khmer: បន្ទប់ដេក (bɑɑntup deek) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Khmer: បន្ទប់គេង (bɑɑntup keing) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Khoekhoe: ǁkhom ǃnâ-oms — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Korean: 침실 (chimsil) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Northern Kurdish: odeya nivistinê — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Northern Kurdish: odeya razanê — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Kyrgyz: уктоого арналган бөлмө (uktoogo arnalgan bölmö) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ladino: kamareta d'echar — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງນອນ (hǭng nǭn) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Latin: cubiculum — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Latvian: guļamistaba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Lithuanian: miegamasis — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Luxembourgish: Schlofzëmmer — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Macedonian: спа́лна со́ба (spálna sóba) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Macedonian: спа́лна (spálna) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Malay: bilik tidur — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Malayalam: കിടപ്പുമുറി (kiṭappumuṟi) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Maltese: kamra tas-sodda — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Maltese: dormitorju — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Māori: rūma moe — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Eastern Mari: малымвер (malymver) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Mongolian: унтлагын өрөө (untlagyn öröö) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Navajo: daʼnjah — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Navajo: daʼnjahí góneʼ — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Norman: chambre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Norman: chàmbre — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soveværelse — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soverom — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: soverom — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Occitan: dormitòri — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Occitan: cambra — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Church Slavic: ложьница (ložĭnica) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Old English: bedcleofa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Pannonian Rusyn: спальня (spalʹnja) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Pashto: د خوب خونه (də xob xuna) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Iranian Persian: اُتاقِ خواب (otâġ-e xâb) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Iranian Persian: اُطاقِ خواب (otâġ-e xâb) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Iranian Persian: خوابْگاه (xâbgâh) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Plautdietsch: Schlopstow — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Polish: sypialnia — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Polish: szlafsztuba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Portuguese: quarto — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Portuguese: dormitório — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Quechua: puñuna wasi — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Romanian: dormitor — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Romanian: dormitoare — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Romansh: chombra da durmir — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Romansh: chombra — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Russian: спа́льня (spálʹnja) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Inari-Sami: uáđđimviste — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Northern Sami: oađđenlatnja — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Samoan: potumoe — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Scots: chaumer — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-leapa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-cadail — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-laighe — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Serbo-Croatian: спавао́ница — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Serbo-Croatian: спаваћа соба — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Serbo-Croatian: spavaónica — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Serbo-Croatian: spavaća soba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Slovak: spálňa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Slovene: spalnica — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Lower Sorbian: spańska śpa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Upper Sorbian: spańska śpa — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: alcoba — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: dormitorio — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: cuarto — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: habitación — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: pieza — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Spanish: recámara — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Sranan Tongo: sribikamra — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Swahili: chumba cha kulala — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Swahili: pakulalia — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Swedish: sovrum — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tagalog: silid-tulugan — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tagalog: silid-higaan — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tajik: хонаи хоб (xona-yi xob) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tajik: хобгоҳ (xobgoh) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tatar: йокы бүлмәсе (yoqı bülmäse) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Telugu: పడకగది (paḍakagadi) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Thai: ห้องนอน (hɔ̂ng-nɔɔn) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tibetan: ཉལ་ཁང (nyal khang) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tok Pisin: rum slip — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Turkish: yatak odası — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Turkmen: ýatylýan otag — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Tuvaluan: potumoe — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Ukrainian: спа́льня (spálʹnja) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Urdu: خْوَاب گاہ (xvāb gāh) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Urdu: آرام گاہ (ārām gāh) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Urdu: شَبِسْتان (śabistān) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Uyghur: ياتاق ئۆي (yataq öy) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Uzbek: yotoqxona — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Uzbek: yotoq — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Vietnamese: phòng ngủ — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Vietnamese: buồng ngủ — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Volapük: slipacem — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Welsh: ystafell wely — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Welsh: llofft — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Yakut: утуйар хос (utuyar qos) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Yiddish: שלאָפֿצימער (shloftsimer) — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Zhuang: fuengz — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
  • Zhuang: rug — room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping
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