coltre

See also: cóltre

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.tre/
• Rhymes: -oltre
• Hyphenation: cól‧tre

Etymology 1

Back-formation from coltrice.

Noun

coltre f (plural coltri)

1. (literary) (heavy) blanket or quilt
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIV, lines 46–48:

     «Omai convien che tu così ti spoltre», ¶ disse 'l maestro; «ché, seggendo in piuma, ¶ in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre; […] »

     "Now it behoves thee thus to put off sloth," my Master said; "for sitting upon down, or under quilt, one cometh not to fame"

2. (figurative) coat, cover, layer
3. a funereal cloth that covers a coffin

Descendants

• → Polish: kołdra
  • → Latgalian: kouldre
  • → Old Ruthenian: ко́вдра (kóvdra), ко́лдра (kóldra)
    • Belarusian: ко́ўдра (kówdra); ко́лдра (kóldra) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: ко́вдра (kóvdra); ко́вдря (kóvdrja), ко́дра (kódra), ко́дря (kódrja) (dialectal); ко́лдра (kóldra) (archaic)
  • → Yiddish: קאָלדרע (koldre)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

coltre f pl

1. plural of coltra

Middle English

Noun

coltre

1. alternative form of culter