duvet

English

A duvet, without a cover

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

duvet (plural duvets)

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

quilt

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

  Mandarin: 羽絨被／羽绒被 (yǔróngbèi), 羽绒被 (yǔróngbèi)

• Czech: peřina (cs) f
• Danish: dyne (da) c
• Dutch: dekbed (nl) n
• Finnish: täkki (fi)
• French: couette (fr) f
• German: (most usual, but ambiguous) Bettdecke (de) f; (specifically) Federbett (de) n, Plumeau (de) n, Plümo n; (with downs also) Daunendecke (de) f
• Greek: πάπλωμα (el) n (páploma)
• (deprecated template usage) Hindi: chaadar
• Hungarian: paplan (hu)
• Icelandic: sæng (is) f
• Irish: duivé m, cuilt f
• Italian: piumone (it) m, piumino (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 羽毛布団 (うもうふとん, umōfuton)
• Korean: 이불 (ko) (ibul)
• Macedonian: јорган (jorgan)
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian: jorgan (sh)
• Sicilian: cuttunata (scn) f
• Spanish: edredón (es) m, acolchado (es) m (Arg. and Ur.)
• Swedish: täcke (sv) n, tjocktäcke n
• Telugu: బొంత (te) (bonta)
• Welsh: carthen blu (cy)
• Westrobothnian: , , ,

duvet cover

• Danish: dynebetræk (da) n
• Finnish: pussilakana (fi)
• German: Bettbezug (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: copri piumino m
• Swedish: påslakan (sv) n

See also

• eiderdown

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.vɛ/

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Noun

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

Derived terms

• duveteux

Further reading

• “duvet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

duvet m (plural duvets)

1. (Jersey) duvet