noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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bĕdʹtīm
/ˈbɛdtaɪm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the time you go to bed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
Narrower terms: lights-out
History
Etymology
From Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + time. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
време за лягане
(vreme za ljagane)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Chinese Mandarin:
就寢時間 /就寝时间
(jiùqǐn shíjiān)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Danish:
sengetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Dutch:
bedtijd
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Dutch:
kinderbedtijd
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Esperanto:
dormohoro
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Finnish:
nukkumaanmenoaika
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
French:
heure du coucher
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
French:
dodo
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Georgian:
ძილის დრო
(ʒilis dro)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Georgian:
დაძინების დრო
(daʒinebis dro)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
German:
Schlafenszeit
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
German:
Zeit zum Schlafengehen
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
German:
Zeit ins Bett zu gehen
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
German:
Zeit zu Bett zu gehen
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Hungarian:
lefekvési idő
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Hungarian:
lefekvés ideje
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Irish:
am luí
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Khmer:
ម៉ោងចូលគេង
(maongcoulkeing)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Korean:
취침 시간
(chwichim sigan)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Central Kurdish:
کاتی خەوتن
(katî xewtin)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Northern Kurdish:
dema raketinê
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Bokmål:
sengetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Bokmål:
leggetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sengetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sengtid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Nynorsk:
leggetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Norwegian Nynorsk:
leggjetid
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Old English:
bedtīd
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Portuguese:
hora de dormir
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Romanian:
timpul de culcare
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Russian:
вре́мя ложи́ться спать
(vrémja ložítʹsja spatʹ)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Russian:
отбо́й
(otbój)
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Spanish:
hora de dormir
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Sudovian:
gulta
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Swedish:
läggdags
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Swedish:
sängdags
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Swedish:
sovdags
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Swedish:
nanedags
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Turkish:
uyku vakti
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Turkish:
yatma vakti
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Vietnamese:
giờ đi ngủ
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Volapük:
slipüp
— time when one goes to bed to sleep
Volapük:
slipatim
— time when one goes to bed to sleep