bedtime
The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleepThe time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» My father used to read me bedtime stories.
Mein Vater las mir immer Gutenachtgeschichten vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Мой отец рассказывал мне на ночь сказки. — Biga
Мій батько розповідав мені казки на ніч. — iceman
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
Schlafenszeit, Zeit zum Schlafengehen, Zeit ins Bett zu gehen
вре́мя ложи́ться спатьvrémja ložítʹsja spatʹ, отбо́йotbój
the time you go to bed
Examples
108 sentencesMy father used to read me bedtime stories.
Мій батько розповідав мені казки на ніч. — iceman
ruМой отец рассказывал мне на ночь сказки. — Biga
deMein Vater las mir immer Gutenachtgeschichten vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
When is your bedtime?
Коли ти йдеш спати? — deniko
It's your bedtime.
Тобі вже час до ліжка. — deniko
ruТебе пора спать. — marafon
deZeit, ins Bett zu gehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
When's your bedtime?
Коли тобі час до ліжка? — deniko
ruТы когда обычно спать ложишься? — marafon
It's not bedtime yet.
Це не час іти спати. — deniko
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + time. ComFrom Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + time. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”).
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Forms
plural: bedtimesWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- bedtime story
- a bedtime story
- bedtime story to
- past your bedtime
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.