bedridden

See also bed-ridden

English

Alternative forms

• bed-ridden

Etymology

From Old English bedreda, from rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

Adjective

bedridden (comparative more bedridden, superlative most bedridden)

1. confined to bed because of infirmity or illness
   • Macaulay

     The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.

Synonyms

• (confined to bed): bedfast, bedbound

Translations

confined to bed

• Bulgarian: прикован на леглo (bg) (prikovan na leglo)
• Dutch: bedlegerig (nl)
• Finnish: vuoteenoma (fi)
• French: alité (fr)
• German: bettlägerig (de)
• Italian: degente (it),allettato

• Jèrriais: grabataithe
• Norwegian: sengeliggende (no)
• Portuguese: acamado (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: prikovan za krevet (sh), vezan za krevet (sh)
• Swedish: sängliggande (sv), sängbunden (sv)