bedtime

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed +‎ time. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bĕdʹtīm, IPA(key): /ˈbɛdtaɪm/ === Noun === bedtime (countable and uncountable, plural bedtimes) The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === betimed