daybed

See also: day bed

English

Etymology

From day +‎ bed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪˌbɛd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

daybed (plural daybeds)

1. A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.
   • 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 35:

     After this exhausting work was done Agnes would lie upon her daybed with her arms dangling, too fatigued to lift them.

2. A long chair for reclining.

Translations

couch

• Bulgarian: кушетка (bg) (kušetka), канапе (bg) (kanape)
• Esperanto: sofolito
• German: Ruhebett (de) n, Bettcouch (de) f
• Irish: leaba lae f
• Italian: divanetto m
• Polish: wersalka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sofá-cama m

long chair