A duvet, without a coverFromFrenchduvet, fromMiddle Frenchduvet, fromOld Frenchduvet(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration ofdumet,dumect, which in turn derives fromdum,dun(“down, feathers”), fromOld Norsedúnn(“down, down feather”), fromProto-Germanic*dūnaz(“down”), fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-(“to smoke, fume, raise dust”).
Cognate withIcelandicdúnn(“down”),Danishdun(“down”),GermanDaune(“down”),Dutchdons(“down”). More atdown.
duvet (pluralduvets)
- (British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) Aquilt or usually flatclothbag with a filling (traditionallydown) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead ofblankets; often called acomforter orquilt, especially in US English.
- (US) Short forduvet cover.
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:(pleaseverify)[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)
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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchduvet, fromOld Frenchduvet(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration ofdumet,dumect, fromOld Frenchdum,dun(“down, feathers”), fromOld Norsedúnn(“down, down feather”), fromProto-Germanic*dūnaz(“down”), fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-(“to smoke, fume, raise dust”).[1]
Cognate withDanishdun(“down”),GermanDaune(“down”). More atEnglishdown.
duvet m (pluralduvets)
- (uncountable)down(soft, fine feathers)
- down,fuzz (on face, peach, etc)
- (down-filled)sleeping bag
- duvet,continental quilt
- (Belgium, Switzerland)eiderdown
FromOld Frenchduvet(“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration ofdumet,dumect, fromOld Frenchdum,dun(“down, feathers”), fromOld Norsedúnn(“down, down feather”).
duvet m (pluralduvets)
- (Jersey)duvet
duvet
- indefiniteneutersingular ofduven
