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Definition: Duvet |
DuvetNoun1. A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DuvetSynonyms: continental quilt (n), eiderdown (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Duvet |
| Non-English Usage: "Duvet" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (down, duvet, fluff, fuzz). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Increasingly, consumers are of the opinion that one duvet for the entire year is no longer sufficient. (references) | |
For pillow shams and duvet covers zips instead of buttons are increasingly in demand as are anti-allergic, anti-mildew inlets. (references) | ||
The types of bed sheets differ as well. Most German consumers typically use a fitted sheet and a duvet with a cover rather than sets of fitted and flat sheets. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Duvet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.46% of the time. "Duvet" is used about 259 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.46% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.16% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 259 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "duvet": duvet-cover, duvet-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
duvet cover | 2,146 | cover duvet sewing | 16 |
duvet | 594 | black duvet cover | 15 |
duvet set | 53 | duvet make | 15 |
discount duvet cover | 48 | calvin klein duvet | 14 |
duvet cover set | 33 | velvet duvet | 14 |
comforter and duvet cover | 32 | toile duvet cover | 14 |
king duvet | 32 | velvet duvet cover | 14 |
cover duvet embroidered | 30 | boa duvet | 14 |
cheap duvet cover | 27 | xavier duvet | 14 |
duvet cover king | 27 | duvet cover pattern | 14 |
duvet cover queen | 26 | toile duvet | 13 |
cover duvet make | 26 | chenille duvet | 13 |
queen duvet | 22 | luxury duvet cover | 12 |
chic duvet linen shabby | 21 | duvet cover clearance | 12 |
denim duvet | 20 | sew a duvet cover | 12 |
silk duvet cover | 19 | calvin cover duvet klein | 12 |
silk duvet | 19 | bedding duvet cover | 12 |
denim duvet cover | 18 | flannel duvet cover | 12 |
twin duvet cover | 17 | discount duvet | 12 |
bedding duvet | 16 | cover duvet lauren ralph | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "duvet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鸭'垫子. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dundyne (quilt), vattaeppe (quilt), edderdunsdyne (quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | donsdekbed (quilt), veren of donzen dekbed (quilt), gewatteerd dekbed (quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | duvet, édredon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Daunendecke (down comforter, eiderdown, eiderdown quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πάπλωμα (blanket, coverlet, quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | paplan (quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piumino (coverlet, down, eiderdown, feather duster, padded jacket, quilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | curleid rangagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uvetday edredão (eiderdown, feather bed, quilt). (various references) пуховое одеяло. (various references) edredon (continental quilt, eiderdown, feather bed, quilt), edredón (comforter, eiderdown, puff, quilt). (various references) duntäcke, dunjacka, täcke (cloth, coating, comforter, counterpane, cover, covering, coverlet, quilt). (various references) пухова ковдра (eiderdown). (various references) chăn lông vịt (comfortable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "duvet": duvetine, duvetines, duvets, duvetyn, duvetyne, duvetynes, duvetyns. (additional references) | |
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"Duvet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Davset, devent, devet, divvent, Douven, dovent, dovet, dovit, dovleti, Druiett, ducet, dudet, duft, duket, dumet, duva, duvat, Duvaz, duve, duvey, Duvy, Duyet, Iuvdt, juvat, tuvet, uvet, uvit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: duet. | |
-2 letters: dev, due, ted, vet. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, et, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: devout, duvets. | |
+2 letters: duvetyn, outvied, vaulted, vaunted, voluted. | |
+3 letters: auditive, curveted, devouter, devoutly, dilutive, durative, duvetine, duvetyne, duvetyns, eductive, indevout, outdrive, outdrove, outlived, outloved, outmoved, outraved, outvoted, ovulated, undevout, valuated, ventured, vestured. | |
+4 letters: adductive, adjustive, adventure, auditives, curvetted, deductive, devaluate, devoutest, duratives, dustcover, duvetines, duvetynes, educative, eluviated, evacuated, evaluated, exudative, exuviated, inductive, involuted, laudative, outbraved, outdriven, outdrives, outserved, outvalued, outvoiced, overtured, reductive, seductive, servitude, subverted, uninvited, unvisited, uveitides, vastitude, victualed, viduities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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