couverture

Etymology

Borrowed from French couverture. Doublet of coverture.

Noun

couverture (countable and uncountable, plural couvertures)

1. chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; such a covering.
2. Alternative spelling of coverture

References

• OED2

Etymology

From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus; equivalent to couvrir +‎ -ture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ/

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Noun

couverture f (plural couvertures)

1. blanket
2. coverage
3. cover

Further reading

• “couverture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus

Noun

couverture f (plural couvertures)

1. (Guernsey) cover, bedclothes