bedtime story

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdtaɪm ˈstɔːɹi/

Noun

bedtime story (plural bedtime stories)

1. A fairy tale or other story read to somebody, usually a child, before they sleep.

Translations

story read to children before they sleep

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡前故事 (shuìqián gùshì)

• Czech: pohádka na dobrou noc f
• Dutch: verhaaltje voor het slapengaan n, verhaaltje (nl) n
• Esperanto: antaŭdorma rakonto
• Estonian: unejutt
• Finnish: iltasatu (fi)
• French: histoire du soir (fr) f, histoire (fr) f, histoire pour s’endormir f
• German: Gutenachtgeschichte (de) f
• Greek: παραμύθι (el) n (paramýthi)
• Hungarian: esti mese
• Italian: favola della buonanotte f, storia della buonanotte f, racconto della buonanotte m
• Japanese: 寝物語 (ねものがたり, nemonogatari)
• Polish: bajka na dobranoc (pl) f
• Russian: ска́зка на́ ночь f (skázka ná nočʹ)
• Slovak: príbeh na dobrú noc m
• Swedish: godnattsaga (sv) c