noun
Meaning 1
A bed used by a person who is sick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sickbed
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noun
Meaning 2
A place for convalescence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
the bed on which a sick person lies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bed
History
Etymology
From Middle English seke bed, equivalent to sick + bed.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 病床 (beng6 cong4) — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Chinese Mandarin: 病床 (bìngchuáng) — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Danish: sygeseng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Danish: sygeleje — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Danish: hospitalsseng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Dutch: ziekbed — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Faroese: sjúkrasong — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Finnish: sairasvuode — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Finnish: potilasvuode — a bed used by a person who is sick
- German: Krankenbett — a bed used by a person who is sick
- German: Siechbett — a bed used by a person who is sick
- German: Siechenbett — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Hungarian: betegágy — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Irish: leaba thinnis — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Irish: leaba bhreoiteachta — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Italian: capezzale — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Japanese: 病床 (byōshō) — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Japanese: 病褥 (byōjoku) — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Japanese: 床 (toko) — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Manx: lhiabbee çhingys — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Norwegian Bokmål: sykeseng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjukeseng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjukeseng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Plautdietsch: Krankenbad — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Polish: łoże boleści — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Swedish: sjuksäng — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Swedish: sjukbädd — a bed used by a person who is sick
- Dutch: hersteloord — a place for convalescence
- Finnish: sairasvuode — a place for convalescence
- German: Genesungsort — a place for convalescence
- German: Genesungsbett — a place for convalescence
- Irish: leaba thinnis — a place for convalescence
- Irish: leaba bhreoiteachta — a place for convalescence
- Manx: lhiabbee çhingys — a place for convalescence
- Polish: łoże boleści — a place for convalescence