duvet

B1 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /d(j)uːˈveɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #27391

Meanings

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noun
A soft, thick cover for a bed, filled with feathers or other material and used instead of blankets.

He pulled the warm duvet over his head to block out the morning light.

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1 noun · a soft, thick cover for a... comforter quiltdoona

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Forms duvets

Related forms eiderdown

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.

duvet French dúnn Old Norse *dūnaz Proto-Germanic *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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# duvet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /d(j)uːˈveɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 27391

## Meanings
1. A soft, thick cover for a bed, filled with feathers or other material and used instead of blankets.

## Examples
- He pulled the warm duvet over his head to block out the morning light.

## Related Forms
- eiderdown

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: duvet
- Root: dúnn
- Root: *dūnaz
- Root: *dʰewh₂-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Duvet comes 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.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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