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duvet.

down (soft, fine feathers)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/dy.vɛ/

  1. down (soft, fine feathers)

    masculine · uncountable

  2. down, fuzz (on face, peach, etc)

    masculine

  3. sleeping bag

    masculine

  4. duvet, continental quilt

    masculine

  5. eiderdown

    Belgium · Switzerland · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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