bedwetting

See also: bed-wetting

English

Alternative forms

• bed-wetting

Etymology

From bed +‎ wetting.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bedwetting (usually uncountable, plural bedwettings)

1. A type of urinary incontinence involving involuntary urination while in bed during sleep.

Synonyms

• (involuntary urination while asleep): enuresis (in its broad sense), nocturesis (in its usual sense), sleepwetting

Related terms

• bedwetter
• piss-the-bed (pissabed)
• to wet oneself (nearly synonymous, whereas the distinction is wetting one's clothing while awake versus wetting the bedclothes, usually while asleep)
• to wet the bed

Translations

involuntary urination while asleep

• Catalan: enuresi nocturna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿床 (zh) (niàochuáng), 遺尿 / 遗尿 (zh) (yíniào), 夜遺尿 / 夜遗尿 (zh) (yèyíniào)

• Finnish: yökastelu (fi)
• French: énurésie nocturne (fr) f, faire pipi au lit
• German: Bettnässen n
• Hungarian: ágybavizelés (hu)
• Irish: fliuchadh leapa m
• Japanese: 夜尿症 (ja) (やにょうしょう, yanyōshō), お寝小 (おねしょ, onesho)
• Portuguese: enurese noturna f
• Russian: (ночно́е) недержа́ние мочи́ n ((nočnóje) nederžánije močí), ночно́й энуре́з m (nočnój enurɛ́z)
• Spanish: enuresis nocturna f
• Swedish: sängvätning c
• Welsh: gwlychu'r gwely m

Adjective

bedwetting (not comparable)

1. (derogatory) Characterized by cowardly attitudes; wishy-washy.

   Really? There'll be none of this bedwetting attitude towards problems when I take office.