nightstand

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• night stand
• night-stand

EtymologyEdit

night (“the conventional time for a person to be in bed”) +‎ stand (“an object which supports things”)

NounEdit

nightstand (plural nightstands)

1. (US) A small table or cabinet, typically with drawers, placed at the head side of a bed.

   He always kept a full glass of water on the nightstand.

SynonymsEdit

• bedside table

TranslationsEdit

small table placed at the head side of a bed

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: كُمَدينة‎ m (kumadīna)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 床頭櫃 (zh), 床头柜 (zh) (chuángtóuguì)

• Dutch: nachtkastje (nl) n
• Finnish: yöpöytä (fi)
• French: table de nuit (fr) f, table de chevet (fr) f, liseuse (fr) f
• German: Nachttisch (de) m
• Hungarian: éjjeliszekrény (hu)

• Icelandic: náttborð
• Ido: litotableto (io)
• Italian: comodino (it) m
• Japanese: ナイトテーブル (naito tēburu), ナイトスタンド (naitosutando)
• Korean: 나이트스탠드 (naiteuseutaendeu), 침실용 탁자 (chimsiryong takja)
• Portuguese: criado-mudo m
• Russian: ту́мбочка (ru) f (túmbočka)
• Spanish: mesa de noche f, mesita de noche f, buró m (Mexico), mesilla de noche f (Spain), mesita de luz f (Argentina), velador (es) m (Chile)
• Swedish: nattduksbord (sv), sängbord

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