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bedmate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɛdˌmeɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English bedmate From bed + -mate.

Meanings

1. A person with whom one shares a bed.
   • Catherine of Aragon: wonderful woman, the Queen of England, the bedmate of Henry VIII - that much I knew already. 1985, John Fante, Chapter 8, The Road to Los Angeles:
   • These [periodic leg movements] may awaken the sleeper, but often they do nor and are more disruptive to the bedmate. If you or your bedmate experience either of these disorders, talk with a sleep specialist about possible treatment 2000, Ralph A. Pascualy, Sally Warren Soest, Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Sleep Well, Feel Better, page 161:
   • She wondered where his thoughts were and whether she was anything more to him than a bedmate and housekeeper. She worried whether she'd done something to be the cause of his gloom... 2005, John Durand, The Odyssey of Mary B: A True Tale, page 227:

Forms

Deriveds

bedmatics

Relateds

bedshare

Synonyms

bedpartner · bedfellow

Translations (8)

de Bettgenossin (person with whom one shares a bed) · de Bettgenosse (person with whom one shares a bed) · bg друга́р по легло́ (person with whom one shares a bed) · bg друга́рка по легло́ (person with whom one shares a bed) · grc ἄλοχος (person with whom one shares a bed) · fi petikaveri (person with whom one shares a bed) · bg друга́рче по легло́ (person with whom one shares a bed) · grc εὖνις (person with whom one shares a bed)