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nightstand

nightstand

English

Alternative forms

night stand
night-stand

Noun

nightstand ‎(plural nightstands)

(US) A small table or cabinet, typically with drawers, placed at the head side of a bed.
He always kept a full glass of water on the nightstand.

Synonyms

bedside table

Translations

small table placed at the head side of a bed

Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: كُمَدينة m ‎(kumadīna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 床頭櫃 (zh), 床头柜 (zh) ‎(chuángtóuguì)
Dutch: nachtkastje (nl) n
Finnish: yöpöytä (fi)
French: table de nuit (fr) f, table de chevet (fr) f, liseuse (fr) f
German: Nachttisch (de) m
Hungarian: éjjeliszekrény (hu)
Icelandic: náttborð
Ido: litotableto (io)

Italian: comodino (it) m
Japanese: ナイトテーブル ‎(naito tēburu), ナイトスタンド ‎(naitosutando)
Korean: 나이트스탠드 ‎(naiteuseutaendeu), 침실용 탁자 ‎(chimsiryong takja)
Portuguese: criado-mudo m
Russian: ту́мбочка (ru) f ‎(túmbočka)
Spanish: mesa de noche f, mesita de noche f, buró m (Mexico), mesilla de noche f (Spain), mesita de luz f (Argentina), velador (es) m (Chile)
Swedish: nattduksbord (sv), sängbord

References

↑ “nightstand, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Sept. 2003]