coltre

See also: cóltre

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.tre/, [ˈkol̪t̪r̺e]
• 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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

1. plural of coltra