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- [doo-vey, dyoo-]
- /duˈveɪ, dyu-/
- /ˈduː.veɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [doo-vey, dyoo-]
- /duˈveɪ, dyu-/
Definitions of duvet word
- noun duvet a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter. 1
- noun duvet A soft quilt filled with down, feathers, or a synthetic fiber, used instead of an upper sheet and blankets. 1
- noun duvet on bed: quilt 1
- countable noun duvet A duvet is a large cover filled with feathers or similar material which you put over yourself in bed instead of a sheet and blankets. 0
- noun duvet a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers 0
- noun duvet a style of comforter, often filled with down, having a slipcover and used in place of a top sheet and blankets 0
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Origin of duvet
First appearance:
before 1750 One of the 47% newest English words
1750-60; < French: down (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum ≪ Old Norse dūnn down2
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Parts of speech for Duvet
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duvet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
duvet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for duvet
noun duvet
- comforter — A comforter is a person or thing that comforts you.
- bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
- blanket — A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
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