"duvet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d(j)uːˈveɪ/, /ˈd(j)uːveɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duvet.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-duvet.wav [US] Forms: duvets [plural]
enPR: do͞o'vā Rhymes: -uːveɪ Etymology: From French duvet, from Middle French duvet, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, which in turn derives from dum, dun (“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Icelandic dúnn (“down”), Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”), Dutch dons (“down”). More at down. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|duvet}} French duvet, {{der|en|frm|duvet}} Middle French duvet, {{der|en|fro|duvet||down, the feathers of young birds}} Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), {{m|fro|dumet}} dumet, {{m|fro|dumect}} dumect, {{m|fro|dum}} dum, {{m|fro|dun||down, feathers}} dun (“down, feathers”), {{der|en|non|dúnn||down, down feather}} Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*dūnaz||down}} Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-||to smoke, fume, raise dust}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”), {{cog|is|dúnn||down}} Icelandic dúnn (“down”), {{cog|da|dun||down}} Danish dun (“down”), {{cog|de|Daune||down}} German Daune (“down”), {{cog|nl|dons||down}} Dutch dons (“down”), {{m|en|down}} down Head templates: {{en-noun}} duvet (plural duvets)
  1. (British, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English. Tags: British, Canada, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Bedding Synonyms (padded quilt): comforter [US], doona [Australia], quilt [US], continental quilt [UK] Translations (quilt): لِحَاف (liḥāf) [masculine] (Arabic), yorğan (Azerbaijani), юрга́н (jurgán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 羽絨被 (Chinese Mandarin), 羽绒被 (yǔróngbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), peřina [feminine] (Czech), dyne [common-gender] (Danish), dundyne [common-gender] (Danish), dekbed [neuter] (Dutch), vatitekk (Estonian), täkki (Finnish), untuvapeitto (Finnish), untuvapeite (Finnish), couette [feminine] (French), Bettdecke (english: most common, but ambiguous) [feminine] (German), Steppdecke [feminine, specifically] (German), Federbett [neuter] (German), Plumeau [neuter] (German), Plümo [neuter] (German), Daunendecke [also, feminine, with-down] (German), πάπλωμα (páploma) [neuter] (Greek), paplan (Hungarian), sæng [feminine] (Icelandic), duivé [masculine] (Irish), cuilt [feminine] (Irish), piumone [masculine] (Italian), piumino [masculine] (Italian), 羽毛布団 (umōfuton) (alt: うもうふとん) (Japanese), 이불 (ibul) (Korean), јорган (jorgan) (Macedonian), papangarua (Maori), duvet [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), dyne [common-gender] (Norwegian), pierzyna [feminine] (Polish), kołdra [feminine] (Polish), edredom (Portuguese), plapumă [feminine] (Romanian), pilotă [feminine] (Romanian), пухо́вое одея́ло (puxóvoje odejálo) [neuter] (Russian), пери́на (perína) [feminine] (Russian), jorgan (Serbo-Croatian), cuttunata [feminine] (Sicilian), perina [feminine] (Slovak), edredón [masculine] (Spanish), acolchado (Arg. and Ur.) [masculine] (Spanish), cubrelecho [masculine] (Spanish), plumón [masculine] (Spanish), täcke [neuter] (Swedish), tjocktäcke [neuter] (Swedish), బొంత (bonta) (Telugu), yorgan (Turkish), koʻrpa (Uzbek), carthen blu (Welsh)
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  2. (US) Short for duvet cover. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: duvet cover Translations (duvet cover): dynebetræk [neuter] (Danish), dekbedovertrek [neuter] (Dutch), pussilakana (Finnish), Bettbezug [masculine] (German), copri piumino [masculine] (Italian), poszwa [feminine] (Polish), пододея́льник (pododejálʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), funda de edredón [masculine] (Spanish), funda para edredón [masculine] (Spanish), påslakan [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-duvet-en-noun-a9bZUYj3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'duvet cover': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: duvet day Related terms: eiderdown

Inflected forms

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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "täcke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quilt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tjocktäcke"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bonta",
      "sense": "quilt",
      "word": "బొంత"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quilt",
      "word": "yorgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "quilt",
      "word": "koʻrpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "quilt",
      "word": "carthen blu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dynebetræk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dekbedovertrek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "word": "pussilakana"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bettbezug"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "copri piumino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poszwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pododejálʹnik",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пододея́льник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funda de edredón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funda para edredón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "duvet cover",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "påslakan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duvet"
  ],
  "word": "duvet"
}

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