duvet

[ doo-vey, dyoo- ]

noun

1. a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.

duvet

/ ˈduːveɪ /

noun

1. See continental quilt
   another name for continental quilt
2. Also calledduvet jacket a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers

Word History and Origins

Origin of duvet¹

First recorded in 1750–60; from French: “down” (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum, dun, ultimately from Old Norse dūnn; cognate with Dutch dons, German Daune, Swedish dun; down ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of duvet¹

C18: from French, from earlier dumet, from Old French dum down ²

Example Sentences

Starting at $185, these devices stand at the edge of your bed and blow cool air between your fitted sheet and duvet.

From Popular-Science

The line includes the new Snow Mattress, lightweight duvets, hyperlite sheets, and more.

From The Daily Beast

You can also easily cover with a duvet using built-in interior loops, which may elongate the blanket’s lifespan.

From Popular-Science

You can spend three days with your lovely or crawl under the duvet with Jeni’s ice cream and wait it out.

From Washington Blade

There was never a rule book for writing Sleep Stories–my techniques started with intuition and the drive to try to create something that I would like to have read to me when I was snuggled up in bed, surrounded by the warmth of my duvet.

From Time

I pulled my duvet up to my chin and felt the mattress shaping to my body.

From The Daily Beast

One look resembled a duvet cover thrown around the shoulders like a long cape.

From The Daily Beast

A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up.

From The Daily Beast

The Dior dress Lawrence donned at the Globes bears a strong resemblance to a duvet cover accented with black tape.

From The Daily Beast

But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet.

From The Daily Beast

But she improved it: "You must have it after you're in bed, and you must have my duvet."

From Project Gutenberg

Owen took his customary place by Madame Duvet, and played his usual game.

From Project Gutenberg

The only covering consisted of a single blanket, and the duvet or down pillow, always found upon the foot of continental beds.

From Project Gutenberg

He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Duvet says he's the handsomest man she ever saw, and that his beard is enough to win any woman's heart.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bedspread
• blanket
• comforter