couette

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kwɛt/

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old French coute, coilte, from Latin culcita.

Noun edit

couette f (plural couettes)

duvet, quilt

Derived terms edit

housse de couette

Etymology 2 edit

From Old French coue +‎ -ette.

Noun edit

couette f (plural couettes)

pigtail, bunches (hairstyle)
quillback (species of fish)

Further reading edit

“couette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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