duvet

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EnglishEdit

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 (de) 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

• Danish: dynebetræk (da) n
• Finnish: pussilakana (fi)

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

See alsoEdit

• eiderdown

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FrenchEdit

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

Further readingEdit

• “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