COVERTURE

Definition: COVERTURE

COVERTURE

Noun

1. The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.

2. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "COVERTURE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Marriage	Married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: COVERTURE

English words defined with "COVERTURE": Discoverture. (references)

Language		Translations for "COVERTURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		strehim (accommodation, billet, bunker, casemate, dugout, housing, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort, shelter). (various references)

Bulgarian		скривалище (cache, concealment, cover, hide, hideaway, hideout, hiding, hiding place, lair, lurking place, mew, shelter, stash), прикритие (blind, cover, cover up, covering party, fig leaf, overlap, protection, screen, varnish), положение на омъжена жена. (various references)

Czech		manželství (marriage, match, matrimony, wedlock). (various references)

Greek		σκεπή (covert, housetop, roof, the roof), υπανδρεία. (various references)

Hungarian		menedék (concealment, covert, harbor, harborage, harbourage, haven, home, housing, mew, place of concealment, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, shelter). (various references)

Pig Latin		overturecay

Portuguese		cobertura (canopy, casing, coating, cover, coverage, covering, cowling, encasement, envelope, facing, hood, lap, lid, mantle, pillow-sham, roofing, slipover, topping, umbrella, vesture), esconderijo (blind, cache, concealment, cove, covert, hide, hideout, hiding-place, loach, lurk, lurking-hole, lurking-place), abrigo (anchor, bunker, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, home, hostel, housing, nest, refuge, retreat, roof, sconce, screen, shelter). (various references)

Romanian		cuverturã (blanket, counterpane, coverlet, rug), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support), acoperitoare (cover). (various references)

Russian		укрытие (cover, covering, hide, hideaway, hideout, hide-out, shelter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kovertura. (various references)

Spanish		protector (custodian, defender, embankment, Guardian, patron, patronizing, protecting, protective, protector). (various references)

Swedish		skydd (aegis, Buckler, cover, covert, defence, defense, guard, guards, Harbor, harbour, hedge, hood, housing, indemnity, protection, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, screen, shelter, shield), förklädnad (disguise), betäckning (Buckler, convoy, cover, covering, escort, shelter). (various references)

Turkish		kocanın himayesinde olma. (various references)

Ukrainian		сховище (accommodation, citadel, cover, covert, depository, depot, garner, haven, hide out, hold, housing, repertory, vault, warehouse), укриття (concealment, hide out). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "COVERTURE": covertures. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "COVERTURE" (pronounced 'Cov"er*ture'): Abature, Abbreviature, Acclimature, Acture, Adjudicature, Admixture, Affixture, Agriculture, Alcoholature, Anfracture, Aperture, Apiculture, Aquapuncture, Arboriculture, architecture, Attainture, Aventure, Aviculture, Batture, Belecture, Breviature, Candidature, Capillature, Ceinture, Celature, Celsiture, Cincture, Climature, Colature, Colorature, Comfiture, Commixture, Compacture, Composture, Concreture, Confecture, Confiture, Conjuncture, Connature, Consignature, Constructure, Contemperature, Contexture, Contracture, Corporature, Creature, Crenature, Crispature, Cubature, Curvature. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-t-u-v"
	-1 letter: overcure, overture, trouvere.
	-2 letters: courter, coverer, coveter, cutover, erector, evertor, overcut, recover, recurve, reroute.
	-3 letters: corvee, corvet, couter, covert, curter, curvet, oeuvre, rector, retore, revert, revote, router, tourer, trover, ureter, vector, vetoer.
	-4 letters: corer, court, cover, covet, crore, cruet, cruor, curer, curet, curve, cuter, erect, eruct, evert, outer, outre, overt, recto, recur, recut, retro.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-t-u-v"
	+1 letter: covertures.
	+3 letters: reproductive.
	+4 letters: reproductives.
	+5 letters: overarticulate, overstructured, reconstructive, reproductively.
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COVERTURE

Definition: COVERTURE

COVERTURE

Noun

Synonyms within Context: COVERTURE

Marriage

Crosswords: COVERTURE

Modern Translation: COVERTURE

Albanian

Bulgarian

Czech

Greek

Hungarian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukrainian

Derivations: COVERTURE

Derivations

Rhyming with "COVERTURE"

Anagrams: COVERTURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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