bedtime

English

Etymology

bed +‎ time

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĕdʹtīm, IPA: /ˈbɛdtaɪm/, X-SAMPA: /"bEdtaIm/

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Noun

bedtime (plural bedtimes)

1. The time or hour at which one typically retires to bed in order to sleep.

   I'd love to stay and chat longer, but it's past my bedtime and I need some rest.

Derived terms

• bedtime story

Translations

time when one goes to bed to sleep

• Bulgarian: време за лягане (bg) (vreme za ljagane)
• Finnish: nukkumaanmenoaika (fi)
• French: heure du coucher (fr) f
• German: Schlafenszeit (de) f, Zeit zum Schlafengehen (de) f, Zeit ins Bett zu gehen (de) f, Zeit zu Bett zu gehen (de) f

• Hungarian: alvásidő (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کاتی خه‌وتن (ku) (katî xewtin)

• Swedish: läggdags (sv), sängdags (sv)
• Volapük: slipüp (vo), slipatim (vo)