quilt

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman quilte, from Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Noun

quilt (plural quilts)

1. A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

   My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.

2. A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing.
3. A quilted skirt worn by women.

Derived terms

• crazy quilt
• patchwork quilt

Translations

bed covering

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被子 (zh) (bèizi)

• Danish: vattæppe n
• Dutch: quilt c
• Finnish: täkki (fi)
• French: édredon (fr) m
• German: Quilt m
• Greek: πάπλωμα (el) n (páploma)
• Hungarian: paplan (hu)
• Italian: trapunta (it) f
• Japanese: 掛け布団 (かけぶとん, kakebuton), 衾 (ja) (ふすま, fusuma) (archaic)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: lihêf (ku), yurẍan (ku)

  Sorani: لێفە‏‎ (lêfe)

• Latvian: vatēta sega
• Maori: kuira
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: golchóón
• Persian: لحاف‏‎ (fa) (lahâf), دواج‏‎ (fa) (davâj)
• Portuguese: colcha (pt) f, edredom (pt) m
• Russian: лоску́тное одея́ло n (loskútnoje odejálo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јорган m, поплун m

  Roman: jorgan (sh) m, poplun (sh) m

• Spanish: colcha (es) f, edredón (es) m
• Taos: kwíltoną
• Telugu: బొంత (te) (boṃta)
• Turkish: yorgan (tr)

Verb

quilt (third-person singular simple present quilts, present participle quilting, simple past and past participle quilted)

1. To construct a quilt.
2. To construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique.

Derived terms

Terms derived from quilt

• crazy quilt
• memory quilt
• quilters

• quilting
• quilting bee

• quilting needle
• t-shirt quilt

Translations

to construct a quilt

• Finnish: topata
• French: matelasser (fr), ouater (fr)

• Italian: imbottire (it), trapuntare
• Spanish: acolchar (es)

to construct something else with quilting technique

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絎 (zh), 绗 (zh) (hèng)

• Finnish: topata

See also

• batting
• pinking shears
• sew
• cotton