English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bed + pan ("chamber pot").
Pronunciation[edit]
bedpan (plural bedpans)
- A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
The nurse emptied the patient's bedpan each morning.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
chamber pot used while still in bed
- Bulgarian: подлога (bg) (podloga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 便盆 (zh) (biànpén)
- Danish: bækken (da) n
- Dutch: ondersteek (nl) m
- Finnish: alusastia (fi)
- French: bassin hygiénique m
- German: Steckbecken n, Stechbecken n, Schieber (de) m, Bettschüssel (de) f, Bettpfanne f
- Greek: πάπια (el) f (pápia), ουροδοχείο (el) n (ourodocheío), σκοραμίδα f (skoramída)
- Hungarian: ágytál (hu)
- Irish: soitheach leapan m
- Italian: padella (it), pappagallo (it) m
- Japanese: (差し込み) 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki), おまる (ja) (omaru)
- Latin: metella
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bekken (no) n
- Nynorsk: bekken n
- Polish: basen (pl) m
- Portuguese: comadre (pt) f
- Russian: су́дно (ru) n (súdno), у́тка (ru) f (útka)
- Turkish: ördek (tr)
- Welsh: padell wely f
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