bedspread

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ spread.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛd.spɹɛd/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

bedspread (plural bedspreads)

1. The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
2. A coverlet.

Synonyms

• bedcover, counterpane

Translations

topmost covering of a bed

• Arabic: مِقْرَم m (miqram)
• Bulgarian: кувертюра (bg) (kuvertjura)
• Catalan: colxa f, manta (ca) f, vànova (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 床冚 (cong⁴ kam²)

  Mandarin: 床罩 (zh) (chuángzhào)

• Danish: sengetæppe (da) n
• Finnish: päiväpeite (fi)
• French: dessus-de-lit (fr) m, couvre-lit (fr) m
• Galician: colcha f, cobertoiro m
• German: Bettdecke (de) f
• Hungarian: ágytakaró (hu), ágyterítő (hu)
• Ido: kovrilo (io)
• Italian: copriletto (it) m
• Japanese: ベッドカバー (beddokabā)
• Mongolian: орны нимгэн бүтээлэг (orny nimgen büteeleg)
• Occitan: cobrelièch m
• Plautdietsch: Badspreed f
• Polish: kapa (pl) f, narzuta (pl) f
• Portuguese: colcha (pt) f
• Russian: покрыва́ло (ru) n (pokryválo)
• Spanish: colcha (es), cubrecama (es) m
• Swedish: överkast n, sängöverkast n
• Tibetan: ཉལ་ཁེབས (nyal khebs)

coverlet — see coverlet