duvet

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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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: do͞o'vā, IPA^(key): /d(j)uːˈveɪ/, /ˈd(j)uːveɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːveɪ

Noun

duvet (plural duvets)

1. (British, Ireland, 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.
2. (US) Short for duvet cover.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• duvet day

Translations

quilt

Arabic: لِحَاف m (liḥāf) Azerbaijani: yorğan (az) Bulgarian: юрга́н (bg) m (jurgán) Chinese: Mandarin: 羽絨被 / 羽绒被 (yǔróngbèi) Czech: peřina (cs) f Danish: dyne (da) c, dundyne c Dutch: dekbed (nl) n Estonian: vatitekk Finnish: täkki (fi), untuvapeitto, untuvapeite French: couette (fr) f German: (most common, but ambiguous) Bettdecke (de) f; (specifically) Steppdecke (de) f, Federbett (de) n, Plumeau (de) n, Plümo n; (with down also) Daunendecke (de) f Greek: πάπλωμα (el) n (páploma) Hindi: (please verify) [script needed] (chaadar), रज़ाई f (razāī) Hungarian: paplan (hu) Icelandic: sæng (is) f Irish: duivé m, cuilt f Italian: piumone (it) m, piumino (it) m Japanese: 羽毛布団 (うもうふとん, umōfuton) Korean: 이불 (ko) (ibul) Lithuanian: antklodė f Macedonian: јорган (jorgan) Maori: papangarua Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norman: duvet m (Jersey) Norwegian: dyne (no) c Old Czech: duchna f Polish: pierzyna (pl) f, kołdra (pl) f Portuguese: edredom (pt) Romanian: plapumă (ro) f, pilotă (ro) f Russian: пухо́вое одея́ло n (puxóvoje odejálo), пери́на (ru) f (perína) Serbo-Croatian: jorgan (sh) Sicilian: cuttunata (scn) f Slovak: perina f Spanish: edredón (es) m, acolchado (es) m (Arg. and Ur.), cubrelecho m, plumón (es) m Swedish: täcke (sv) n, tjocktäcke n Telugu: బొంత (te) (bonta) Turkish: yorgan (tr) Uzbek: koʻrpa (uz) Welsh: carthen blu (cy)

duvet cover

Danish: dynebetræk (da) n Dutch: dekbedovertrek (nl) n Finnish: pussilakana (fi) German: Bettbezug (de) m Italian: copri piumino m Lithuanian: užvalkalas m Polish: poszwa (pl) f Russian: пододея́льник (ru) m (pododejálʹnik) Spanish: funda de edredón m, funda para edredón m Swedish: påslakan (sv) n

See also

• eiderdown