duvet

[ doo-vey, dyoo- ]
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noun
  1. a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.

Origin of duvet

1
First recorded in 1750–60; from French: “down” (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum, dun, ultimately from Old Norse dūnn; cognate with Dutch dons, German Daune, Swedish dun; see down2

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How to use duvet in a sentence

  • Duvets are novelties observed for the first time in Swiss inns, and much appreciated.

    Italian Alps | Douglas William Freshfield

British Dictionary definitions for duvet

duvet

/ (ˈduːveɪ) /


noun
  1. another name for continental quilt

  2. Also called: duvet jacket a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers

Origin of duvet

1
C18: from French, from earlier dumet, from Old French dum down ²

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