Phrase guide

sleeping bag

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsliːpɪŋ(ɡ)bæɡ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A padded or insulated bag large enough to surround the whole body and which keeps the user warm while sleeping, used as a substitute for bedclothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • All students attending the multi-day field trip should bring a sleeping bag suitable for camping in a tent.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bedroll

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bag

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَقِيبَةُ النَّوْم (ḥaqībatu n-nawm) — padded or insulated bag
  • Armenian: քնապարկ (kʻnapark) — padded or insulated bag
  • Basque: lo-zaku — padded or insulated bag
  • Belarusian: спа́льны мяшо́к (spálʹny mjašók) — padded or insulated bag
  • Bengali: স্লিপিং ব্যাগ (slipiṅ bêg) — padded or insulated bag
  • Bulgarian: спа́лен чува́л (spálen čuvál) — padded or insulated bag
  • Catalan: sac de dormir — padded or insulated bag
  • Chinese Cantonese: 睡袋 — padded or insulated bag
  • Chinese: 睏袋仔 /困袋仔 (khùn-tē-á) — padded or insulated bag
  • Chinese: 睏袋 /困袋 (khùn-tē) — padded or insulated bag
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睡袋 (shuìdài) — padded or insulated bag
  • Czech: spacák — padded or insulated bag
  • Czech: spací pytel — padded or insulated bag
  • Danish: sovepose — padded or insulated bag
  • Dutch: slaapzak — padded or insulated bag
  • Elfdalian: sovsjäkk — padded or insulated bag
  • Esperanto: dormosako — padded or insulated bag
  • Estonian: magamiskott — padded or insulated bag
  • Faroese: soviposi — padded or insulated bag
  • Finnish: makuupussi — padded or insulated bag
  • French: sac de couchage — padded or insulated bag
  • Georgian: საძილე ტომარა (saʒile ṭomara) — padded or insulated bag
  • German: Schlafsack — padded or insulated bag
  • Greek: υπνόσακος (ypnósakos) — padded or insulated bag
  • Greenlandic: siniffik-pooq — padded or insulated bag
  • Greenlandic: sinnguppuua — padded or insulated bag
  • Hebrew: שק שינה \ שַׂק שֵׁנָה (sak sheiná) — padded or insulated bag
  • Hindi: स्लीपिंग बैग (slīpiṅg baig) — padded or insulated bag
  • Hungarian: hálózsák — padded or insulated bag
  • Icelandic: svefnpoki — padded or insulated bag
  • Irish: mála codlata — padded or insulated bag
  • Italian: sacco a pelo — padded or insulated bag
  • Japanese: シュラフザック (shurafuzakku) — padded or insulated bag
  • Japanese: シュラフ (shurafu) — padded or insulated bag
  • Japanese: 寝袋 (nebukuro) — padded or insulated bag
  • Japanese: スリーピングバッグ (surīpingubaggu) — padded or insulated bag
  • Khmer: ថង់ដេក (thɑng deek) — padded or insulated bag
  • Korean: 침낭 (chimnang) — padded or insulated bag
  • Korean: 슬리핑 백 (seulliping baek) — padded or insulated bag
  • Lao: ຖົງນອນ (thong nǭn) — padded or insulated bag
  • Latvian: guļammaiss — padded or insulated bag
  • Lithuanian: miegmaišis — padded or insulated bag
  • Macedonian: вреќа за спиење (vreḱa za spienje) — padded or insulated bag
  • Malay: beg tidur — padded or insulated bag
  • Malay: kantung tidur — padded or insulated bag
  • Māori: pēke moe — padded or insulated bag
  • Nepali: स्लिपिङ्ग ब्याग (slipiṅga byāg) — padded or insulated bag
  • Norman: pouque à dormi — padded or insulated bag
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovepose — padded or insulated bag
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sovepose — padded or insulated bag
  • Persian: کیسه خواب (kise-ye xâb) — padded or insulated bag
  • Plautdietsch: Schlopsak — padded or insulated bag
  • Polish: śpiwór — padded or insulated bag
  • Portuguese: saco de dormir — padded or insulated bag
  • Portuguese: saco-cama — padded or insulated bag
  • Romanian: sac de dormit — padded or insulated bag
  • Romansh: satg da durmir — padded or insulated bag
  • Russian: спа́льный мешо́к (spálʹnyj mešók) — padded or insulated bag
  • Northern Sami: oađđenseahkka — padded or insulated bag
  • Scottish Gaelic: poca-cadail — padded or insulated bag
  • Serbo-Croatian: врећа за спавање — padded or insulated bag
  • Serbo-Croatian: vreća za spavanje — padded or insulated bag
  • Slovak: spací vak — padded or insulated bag
  • Slovene: spalna vreča — padded or insulated bag
  • Spanish: saco de dormir — padded or insulated bag
  • Spanish: bolsa de dormir — padded or insulated bag
  • Spanish: folgo — padded or insulated bag
  • Swedish: sovsäck — padded or insulated bag
  • Tamil: தூங்கி பை (tūṅki pai) — padded or insulated bag
  • Tamil: உறக்கப்பை (uṟakkappai) — padded or insulated bag
  • Tamil: நித்திரைப்பை (nittiraippai) — padded or insulated bag
  • Thai: ถุงนอน (tǔng-nɔɔn) — padded or insulated bag
  • Turkish: uyku tulumu — padded or insulated bag
  • Ukrainian: спа́льний мішо́к (spálʹnyj mišók) — padded or insulated bag
  • Urdu: سلیپنگ بیگ (slīpiṅg baig) — padded or insulated bag
  • Vietnamese: túi ngủ — padded or insulated bag
  • Welsh: sach gysgu — padded or insulated bag
  • Yiddish: שלאָפֿזאַק (shlofzak) — padded or insulated bag