Duvet Definition
do͝o-vā, dyo͝o-
duvets
noun
duvets
A style of comforter, often filled with down, having a slipcover and used in place of a top sheet and blankets.
Webster's New World
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Noun
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duvet
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duvetsOrigin of Duvet
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From French duvet, from Middle French, 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 *dhūw- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Icelandic dúnn (“down”), Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”). More at down.
From Wiktionary
French down from Old French alteration of dumet diminutive of dum, dun from Old Norse dūnn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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