Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedsheet

/ˈbɛdʃiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
bed-sheet
IPA
/ˈbɛdʃiːt/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.

Etymology

From Middle English bedeschette, bedshete, bed shete, equivalent to bed + sheet.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈbɛdʃiːt/

Inflected Forms

bedsheets (plural) bed sheet (alternative) bed-sheet (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

bedsheeting

Phrases

bedsheet ballot flat as a bedsheet seal on a bedsheet

Questions

How do you pronounce bedsheet?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛdʃiːt/.
What does bedsheet mean?
A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.
Where does bedsheet come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce bedsheet

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bedsheet”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈbɛdʃiːt/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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