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couette

duvet

noun kwet Rare
Home & Lifestyle Furniture

Also means

pigtail (hairstyle)

Usage Note

Couette has two distinct common meanings: the thick bed quilt or duvet (une couette en plumes is a down duvet) and a bunched pigtail or bunches hairstyle (des couettes in the plural). Context makes the meaning clear. The duvet sense is the more frequent in everyday domestic speech, while the hairstyle sense is typical of descriptions of children.

Examples

"Elle se glisse sous la couette chaude."

Natural Translation

She slips under the warm duvet.

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