duvet

Meaning

1. (British, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand) 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, abbreviation, alt-of) Short for duvet cover.

Synonyms

quilt

comforter

eiderdown

continental quilt

blanket

puff

bed cover

quiltsheet

cover

blanket comforter

comforter

Translations

edredón

couette

piumone

dekbed

edredom

Federbett

πάπλωμα

Bettdecke

édredon

Daunendecke

piumino

edredó

trapunta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d(j)uːˈveɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: dúnn

Cognate with Danish: dun

Cognate with German: Daune

Cognate with Dutch: dons

In summary

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.