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bedsheet

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdʃiːt/
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noun

Meaning 1

A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bedeschette, bedshete, bed shete, equivalent to bed + sheet.

Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: laken — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Albanian: çarçaf — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Arabic: شَرْشَف (šaršaf) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Arabic: مَلَاءَات (malāʔāt) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Arabic: ملاية (milāya) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Arabic: شرشف (šaršaf) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Aragonese: leitera — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Aragonese: linzuelo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Armenian: սավան (savan) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Assamese: চাদৰ (sador) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Assamese: বিছনা-চাদৰ (bisona-sador) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Azerbaijani: döşəkağı — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Azerbaijani: döşəküzü — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Belarusian: прасціна́ (prasciná) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Bulgarian: чаршаф (čaršaf) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Catalan: llençol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Chinese Cantonese: 床單 /床单 (cong4 daan1) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Chinese: 床巾 (zh-min-nan) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 床單 /床单 (chuángdān) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Czech: prostěradlo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Dalmatian: lenzul — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Danish: lagen — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Dutch: laken — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Esperanto: litotuko — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Estonian: voodilina — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ewe: abadzivɔ — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Finnish: lakana — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • French: drap — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • French: drap de lit — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Friulian: linzûl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Galician: saba — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Galician: lenzo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Galician: lenzó — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Georgian: ზეწარი (zec̣ari) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Georgian: თეთრეული (tetreuli) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • German: Bettlaken — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • German: Bettzeug — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • German: Laken — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • German: Leintuch — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Greek: σεντόνι (sentóni) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ancient Greek: κειρία (keiría) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Gujarati: ચાદર (cādar) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hawaiian: hāliʻi moe — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hawaiian: hāliʻi pela — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hebrew: סָדִין (sadin) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hindi: चादर (cādar) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • White Hmong: ntaub pua chaw — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hungarian: lepedő — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Hungarian: ágynemű — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Icelandic: lak — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Indonesian: seprai — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Indonesian: seprei — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ingrian: prostina — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Irish: braillín — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Italian: lenzuolo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Japanese: シーツ (shītsu) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Japanese: 敷布 (shikifu) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Khmer: កំរាលពូក (kɑmraal puuk) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Khmer: កំរាលគ្រែដេក (kɑmraal krɛɛ deɛk) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Korean: 홑이불 (honnibul) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Kyrgyz: шейшеп (şeyşep) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Lao: ຜ້າປູບ່ອນ (phā pū bǭn) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Lao: ແພປູບ່ອນ (phǣ pū bǭn) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Lao: ຜ້າປູຕຽງ (phā pū tīang) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Latvian: palags — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Lithuanian: paklodė — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Macedonian: чаршав (čaršav) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Māori: hīti — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Middle English: schete — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Mongolian: орны даавуу (orny daavuu) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thánìe — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāshīm — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Navajo: tsáskʼeh bikʼínáltihí — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Nepali: तन्ना (tannā) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Norwegian: laken — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Occitan: lençòl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ojibwe: apishimoniigin — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Old English: sċīete — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Persian: چادر شب (čâdar-e šab) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Persian: ملافه (malâfe) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Persian: شمد (šamad) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Polish: prześcieradło — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Portuguese: lençol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romagnol: ninzùl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romagnol: linzùl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romagnol: linẓöl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romanian: cearșaf — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romansh: lenziel — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romansh: lanziel — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Romansh: linzöl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Russian: простыня́ (prostynjá) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lantzoru — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lenciou — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lencioru — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lentzolu — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lentolu — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lentzoru — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sardinian: lintzolu — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Scottish Gaelic: siota — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаршаф — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Serbo-Croatian: плахта — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Serbo-Croatian: čaršaf — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Serbo-Croatian: plahta — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Slovak: plachta — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Slovak: prestieradlo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Old Slovak: prestieradlo — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Slovene: rjuha — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sotho: Iishiti zebhedi — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sotho: lakane ea bethe — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Spanish: sábana — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Swahili: shuka — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Swedish: lakan — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Sylheti: ꠌꠣꠖꠞ (sador) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Tagalog: kubrekama — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Tagalog: kumot — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Thai: ผ้าปูเตียง (pâa-bpuu-dtiiang) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Thai: ผ้าปูที่นอน (pâa-bpuu-tîi-nɔɔn) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Tibetan: ཉལ་རས (nyal ras) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Turkish: yatak çarşafı — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Turkish: çarşaf — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ottoman Turkish: چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ottoman Turkish: چارشب (çârşeb) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ottoman Turkish: چارشف (çârşef) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ottoman Turkish: چارشاف (çârşaf) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ukrainian: простиня (prostynja) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Ukrainian: простирадло (prostyradlo) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Uzbek: choyshab — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: linẑòl — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: linsol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: linsiol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: linçiol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: lençiol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: linsioło — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: nisioło — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: nisiol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Venetan: ninsol — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Vietnamese: vải trải giường — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Walloon: linçoû — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Welsh: cynfas — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Welsh: shiten — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Yiddish: לײַלאַך (laylakh) — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Zhuang: baengzdemhninz — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Zhuang: baengzdemh — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Zhuang: cangzdanh — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
  • Zulu: ishidi lombhede — a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen