"couverture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuvərtʃ(ʊ)ər/ Forms: couvertures [plural], coverture [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French couverture. Doublet of coverture. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|couverture}} French couverture, {{doublet|en|coverture}} Doublet of coverture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} couverture (countable and uncountable, plural couvertures)
  1. Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets): chocolat de couverture [masculine] (French), Kuvertüre [feminine] (German), cobertura de chocolate [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-couverture-en-noun-HO7~p89- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 42 33 5 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 33 5 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets': 99 1
  2. Alternative spelling of coverture. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: coverture
    Sense id: en-couverture-en-noun-4m5DAtqD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fondant, ganache, shell, tempering

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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