couverture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French couverture. Doublet of coverture.
Noun[edit]
couverture (countable and uncountable, plural couvertures)
- chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; such a covering.
- Alternative spelling of coverture
Translations[edit]
chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets
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References[edit]
- OED2
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus; equivalent to couvrir + -ture.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
couverture f (plural couvertures)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “couverture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus
Noun[edit]
couverture f (plural couvertures)
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