duvet

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Wikipedia

A duvet, without a cover

EtymologyEdit

From French duvet, from Middle French duvet, from Old French duvet ‎(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun ‎(“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn ‎(“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz ‎(“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- ‎(“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Icelandic dúnn ‎(“down”), Danish dun ‎(“down”), German Daune ‎(“down”). More at down.

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: do͞o'vā, IPA^(key): /ˈduːveɪ/
• Rhymes: -uːveɪ

NounEdit

duvet ‎(plural duvets)

1. (Britain, New Zealand) A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets.
2. (US) A cover for a quilt or comforter.

SynonymsEdit

• (padded quilt): doona (Australia); quilt (USA); continental quilt (UK)

TranslationsEdit

quilt

• Bulgarian: юрган (bg) m ‎(jurgan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羽絨被, 羽绒被 ‎(yǔróngbèi)

• Czech: peřina (cs) f
• Danish: dyne (da) c
• Dutch: dekbed (nl) n
• Finnish: täkki (fi)
• French: couette (fr) f
• German: Daunendecke f, Bettdecke (de) f, Plumeau (de) n, Plümo n
• Greek: πάπλωμα (el) n ‎(páploma)
• Hindi: chaadar
• Hungarian: paplan (hu)
• Icelandic: sæng (is) f
• Italian: piumone (it) m, piumino m

• Japanese: 羽毛布団 ‎(うもうふとん, umōfuton)
• Korean: 이불 (ko) ‎(ibul)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: duvet m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: dyne (no) c
• Polish: pierzyna (pl) f, kołdra (pl) f
• Portuguese: edredom (pt)
• Romanian:plapumă (ro) f
• Russian: пухо́вое одея́ло n ‎(puxóvoje odejálo), пери́на (ru) f ‎(perína)
• Sicilian: cuttunata (scn) f
• Spanish: edredón (es) m, acolchado (es) m (Arg. and Ur.)
• Swedish: täcke (sv) n, tjocktäcke n
• Telugu: బొంత (te) ‎(boṃta)
• Welsh: carthen blu (cy)

duvet cover

• Finnish: pussilakana (fi)

• German: Bettbezug (de) m
• Swedish: påslakan (sv) n

See alsoEdit

• eiderdown

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PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle French, from Old French duvet ‎(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun ‎(“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn ‎(“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz ‎(“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- ‎(“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Danish dun ‎(“down”), German Daune ‎(“down”). More at down.

NounEdit

duvet m ‎(plural duvets)

1. (uncountable) down (soft, fine feathers)
2. down, fuzz (on face, peach, etc)
3. (down-filled) sleeping bag
4. duvet, continental quilt
5. (Belgium, Switzerland) eiderdown

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• “duvet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French duvet ‎(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun ‎(“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn ‎(“down, down feather”)

NounEdit

duvet m ‎(plural duvets)

1. (Jersey) duvet