duvet

English

A duvet, without a cover

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, 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)
• 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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French duvet, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French 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 Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”). More at English down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.vɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

duvet m (plural duvets)

1. (uncountable) down (soft, fine feathers)
2. down, fuzz (on face, peach, etc)
3. (down-filled) sleeping bag
4. duvet, continental quilt
5. (Belgium, Switzerland) eiderdown

Derived terms

• duveteux

Further reading

• “duvet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun (“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”).

Noun

duvet m (plural duvets)

1. (Jersey) duvet

Swedish

Adjective

duvet

1. indefinite neuter singular of duven