bedstead

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedsted, bedstede, bedestede, from Old English bedstede (“bedstead”), equivalent to bed +‎ stead. Cognate with Dutch bedstede, bedstee (“closet-bed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛd.stɛd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bedstead (plural bedsteads)

1. The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.
   • 1846, editorial staff, “A LIST OF PATENTS”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 97:

     To Benjamin Hinkley, of Utica, N. Y., for improvement in Bedstead Fastenings. Patented Dec. 2, 1846.

Derived terms

• sofa-bedstead

Translations

bed framework

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: هَيْكَل سَرِير m (haykal sarīr), مُلّة سَرِير f (mulla sarīr)
• Armenian: մահճակալ (hy) (mahčakal)
• Bengali: পালং (bn) (paloṅ)
• Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏝᏗᏍᏗ (ganitladisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 床架 (zh) (chuángjià)

• Czech: rám postele, kostra postele
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sängynrunko, sänky (fi)
• French: châlit (fr)
• German: Bettgestell (de) n, Bettrahmen (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: δέμνιον n (démnion)

• Gujarati: ખાટલો m (khāṭlo), ખાટલી f (khāṭlī)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: sponda (it) f, telaio (it) m
• Khmer: មេគ្រែ (meikrɛɛ)
• Latin: sponda f
• Norman: bouais d'liet m
• Plautdietsch: Badstäd f
• Polish: stelaż łóżka m
• Portuguese: armação (pt) f (de cama), cama (pt) f (sem colchão)
• Russian: карка́с крова́ти m (karkás krováti), ра́ма крова́ти f (ráma krováti), ра́ма для крова́ти f (ráma dlja krováti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оквир кревета m, креветни оквир m

  Latin: okvir kreveta m

• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: posteljno ogrodje n
• Spanish: cama (sin colchón) f, cuja (es) f (disused), bastidor de cama m, marco de cama m
• Swedish: sängram c
• Taos: komòltoʼóna
• Telugu: కంకటి (te) (kaṅkaṭi)
• Turkish: karyola (tr), yataklık (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قاریولا (karyola), یاتاقلق (yataklık), كروت (kerevet)