sickbed

English

Etymology

Sickbed

From sick +‎ bed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkbɛd/

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Noun

sickbed (plural sickbeds)

1. A bed used by a person who is sick.
2. A place for convalescence.

Translations

a bed used by a person who is sick

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 病床 (beng⁶ cong⁴)

  Mandarin: 病床 (zh) (bìngchuáng)

• Danish: sygeseng c, sygeleje n (archaic), hospitalsseng c (hospital)
• Dutch: ziekbed (nl) n
• Faroese: sjúkrasong f
• Finnish: sairasvuode, potilasvuode
• German: Krankenbett (de) n, Siechbett n, Siechenbett n (archaic)
• Hungarian: betegágy (hu)
• Irish: leaba thinnis f, leaba bhreoiteachta f
• Italian: capezzale (it) m
• Japanese: 病床 (ja) (びょうしょう, byōshō), 病褥 (ja) (びょうじょく, byōjoku), 床 (ja) (とこ, toko)
• Manx: lhiabbee çhingys f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sykeseng m or f, sjukeseng m or f

  Nynorsk: sjukeseng f

• Plautdietsch: Krankenbad n
• Polish: łoże boleści (pl) n
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• Swedish: sjuksäng c, sjukbädd c

a place for convalescence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: hersteloord n
• Finnish: sairasvuode
• German: Genesungsort m, Genesungsbett n (at a hospital e.g.)
• Irish: leaba thinnis f, leaba bhreoiteachta f
• Manx: lhiabbee çhingys f