deathbed

English

Alternative forms

• death-bed
• death bed

note: all three forms are in use but deathbed seems to be preferred.

Etymology

death +‎ bed

Noun

deathbed (plural deathbeds)

1. The bed on which someone dies
2. The last hours before death

Translations

the bed on which someone dies

Bulgarian: смъртно легло (bg) (smǎ̀rtno legló) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 臨終床 (zh), 临终床 (zh) (línzhōng chuáng) Finnish: kuolinvuode (fi) French: lit de mort (fr) m. German: Sterbebett (de) n., Totenbett (de) n. Greek: νεκροκρέβατο (el) (nekrokrévato) n., νεκρική κλίνη (el) (nekrikí klíni) f. Hungarian: halálos ágy (hu) Italian: letto di morte (it) m.

Japanese: 死の床 (ja) (shi no toko) Polish: łoże śmierci (pl) n. Russian: смертное ложе (ru) (smértnoje lóže) n., смертный одр (ru) (smértnyj odr) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: самртна постеља (sh) f. Roman: samrtna postelja (sh) f. Spanish: lecho de muerte (es) m. Turkish: ölüm döşeği (tr)

Derived terms

• on one's deathbed