Meanings
plural duvets
- CanadaIrelandNew ZealandUKA 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.
He pulled the thick duvet over his head to block out the morning light.
Synonyms: comforter, doona, quilt, continental quilt
- USabbreviationShort for duvet cover.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-“to smoke, fume, raise dust”
- Proto-Germanic*dūnaz“down”
- Old Norsedúnn“down, down feather”
- Old Frenchduvet“down, the feathers of young birds”
- Middle Frenchduvet
- Frenchduvet
- Englishduvet
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.
More words from French, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لِحَاف
- لِحَاف (liḥāf)quilt
Bulgarian юрга́н
- юрга́н (jurgán)quilt
Catalan edredó
- edredóquilt
Chinese Mandarin 羽絨被 /羽绒被
- 羽絨被 /羽绒被 (yǔróngbèi)quilt
Czech peřina
- peřinaquilt
Danish dyne, dundyne
- dynequilt
- dundynequilt
- dynebetrækduvet cover
Dutch dekbed, dekbedovertrek
- dekbedquilt
- dekbedovertrekduvet cover
Estonian vatitekk
- vatitekkquilt
Finnish täkki, untuvapeitto
- täkkiquilt
- untuvapeittoquilt
- untuvapeitequilt
- pussilakanaduvet cover
French couette
- couettequilt
German Bettdecke, Steppdecke
- Bettdeckequilt
- Steppdeckequilt
- Federbettquilt
- Plumeauquilt
- Plümoquilt
- Daunendeckequilt
- Bettbezugduvet cover
Greek πάπλωμα
- πάπλωμα (páploma)quilt
Hindi रज़ाई
- रज़ाई (razāī)quilt
Hungarian paplan, paplanhuzat
- paplanquilt
- paplanhuzatduvet cover
Icelandic sæng
- sængquilt
Irish duivé, cuilt
- duivéquilt
- cuiltquilt
Italian piumone, piumino
- piumonequilt
- piuminoquilt
- copri piuminoduvet cover
Japanese 羽毛布団
- 羽毛布団 (umōfuton)quilt
Korean 이불
- 이불 (ibul)quilt
Lithuanian antklodė, užvalkalas
- antklodėquilt
- užvalkalasduvet cover
Māori papangarua
- papangaruaquilt
Norwegian dyne, dynetrekk
- dynequilt
- dynetrekkduvet cover
Polish pierzyna, kołdra
- pierzynaquilt
- kołdraquilt
- poszwaduvet cover
Portuguese edredom
- edredomquilt
Romanian plapumă, pilotă
- plapumăquilt
- pilotăquilt
Russian пухо́вое одея́ло, пери́на
- пухо́вое одея́ло (puxóvoje odejálo)quilt
- пери́на (perína)quilt
- пододея́льник (pododejálʹnik)duvet cover
Slovak perina
- perinaquilt
Spanish edredón, acolchado (Arg. and Ur.)
- edredónquilt
- acolchado (Arg. and Ur.)quilt
- cubrelechoquilt
- plumónquilt
- funda de edredónduvet cover
- funda para edredónduvet cover
Swedish täcke, tjocktäcke
- täckequilt
- tjocktäckequilt
- påslakanduvet cover
Turkish yorgan
- yorganquilt
Welsh carthen blu
- carthen bluquilt
Cite this entry
duvet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duvet
“duvet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duvet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duvet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duvet.
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