"bedtime story" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛdtaɪm ˈstɔːɹi/ Forms: bedtime stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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): 睡前故事 (shuìqián gùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), pohádka na dobrou noc [feminine] (Czech), verhaaltje voor het slapengaan [neuter] (Dutch), verhaaltje [neuter] (Dutch), antaŭdorma rakonto (Esperanto), unejutt (Estonian), iltasatu (Finnish), histoire du soir [feminine] (French), histoire [feminine] (French), histoire pour s’endormir [feminine] (French), Gutenachtgeschichte [feminine] (German), παραμύθι (paramýthi) [neuter] (Greek), esti mese (Hungarian), favola della buonanotte [feminine] (Italian), storia della buonanotte [feminine] (Italian), racconto della buonanotte [masculine] (Italian), 寝物語 (nemonogatari) (alt: ねものがたり) (Japanese), bajka na dobranoc [feminine] (Polish), ска́зка на́ ночь (skázka ná nočʹ) [feminine] (Russian), príbeh na dobrú noc [masculine] (Slovak), godnattsaga [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bedtime_story-en-noun-aBGPR1mg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "story read to children before they sleep",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "favola della buonanotte"
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      "sense": "story read to children before they sleep",
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      "sense": "story read to children before they sleep",
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      "word": "bajka na dobranoc"
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      "roman": "skázka ná nočʹ",
      "sense": "story read to children before they sleep",
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      "word": "ска́зка на́ ночь"
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      "sense": "story read to children before they sleep",
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      "word": "príbeh na dobrú noc"
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