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couvert

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See also: Couvert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French couvert.

Noun

couvert (plural couverts)

  1. cover charge
    • 1941, Federal Writers' Project, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs:
      Earl Carroll's Theater-Restaurant, 6230 Sunset Blvd. Dinner from 7:30 to 11 p.m., no couvert; without dinner, admission charge.
    • 1965, The Spectator:
      […] the habit of hotel restaurants charging a couvert to residents, and of clubs charging table money to their own members.
    • 2010, Karen Torme Olson, Frommer's Croatia:
      The couvert is a “cover charge” that is a prima facie charge for bread, which is brought to the table automatically in most places.

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French couvert, from Middle French couvert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈvɛr(t)/
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  • Hyphenation: cou‧vert

Noun

couvert n (plural couverts, no diminutive)

  1. cutlery, silverware
  2. envelope

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French covert, from Latin coopertus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

couvert (feminine couverte, masculine plural couverts, feminine plural couvertes)

  1. covered
  2. cloudy, overcast

Noun

couvert m (plural couverts)

  1. Set of cutlery, place setting
  2. covering, shelter

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: couvert
  • → German: Kuvert
  • → Swedish: kuvert

Participle

couvert (feminine couverte, masculine plural couverts, feminine plural couvertes)

  1. past participle of couvrir

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