Definition of 'bedtime'
uncountable noun
Your bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed.
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British English: bedtime
/ˈbɛdˌtaɪm/ NOUN
Your bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed.
It was eight-thirty, my daughter's bedtime.
- American English: bedtime /ˈbɛdtaɪm/
- Arabic: وَقْتُ النَوْم
- Brazilian Portuguese: hora de dormir
- Chinese: 就寝时间
- Croatian: vrijeme za spavanje
- Czech: čas jít spát
- Danish: sengetid
- Dutch: bedtijd
- European Spanish: hora de acostarse
- Finnish: nukkumaanmenoaika
- French: heure de dormir
- German: Schlafenszeit
- Greek: ώρα ύπνου
- Italian: ora di andare a letto
- Japanese: 就寝時刻
- Korean: 취침 시간
- Norwegian: sengetid
- Polish: pora snu
- European Portuguese: hora de dormir
- Romanian: oră de culcare
- Russian: время ложиться спать
- Latin American Spanish: hora de acostarse
- Swedish: läggdags
- Thai: เวลานอน
- Turkish: yatma zamanı
- Ukrainian: час спати
- Vietnamese: giờ đi ngủ
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