What does a hotel mean when a room as a "French" bed?

[NewJeffCT]

Does that mean, you have to hate America to sleep there?

I did a quick google search, and it looks like the bed was built into the wall, but I'm not sure if that was what it meant?

[azmouse]

1. I wouldn't sleep in one.

It might have oui oui all over it.

[MrsBrady]

12. you're funny

:P

[Inchworm]

2. I think a tongue is involved

:D

:hi:

[pokerfan]

3. my google search

From speaking to our Luxury Collection folks just now, I learned that a French bed is smaller than a double bed, but larger than a twin or single-sized bed. Whatever the size, it is intended for one person.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/archive/t-172155.html

[Lost in CT]

4. It's a fancy word for too small. nt

[Callalily]

5. Here's what dictionary.com says

–noun
a bed without posts, terminating in identical outward-curving rolls at the head and the foot.

Hmmmm . . . so I think I've got a French bed - interesting.

[DeepBlueC]

8. isn't that a sleigh bed?

[whistler162]

6. It is drenched in either....

syrup or ketchup... your choice!

[Deja Q]

7. One that has been made love on but the maid didn't bother to clean up afterward

[fishwax]

9. It depends on where the hotel is

I think, generally speaking, a French bed is roughly equivalent to sleigh bed.

If the hotel is in Italy, though, the term might refer to a mattress size that's slightly smaller than a double but larger than a twin. I'm not sure if that usage is common in Europe outside of Italy or not. Sometimes, too, it might just mean it's a double.

[NewJeffCT]

10. yes, it's in Italy

but, it might not be comfortable to sleep 2 people in one french bed, it seems.

[KamaAina]

11. The previous occupant didn't shower or use deodorant?

:P