couverture
English
Alternative forms
- coverture
Etymology
Borrowed from French couverture. Doublet of coverture.
Noun
couverture (countable and uncountable, plural couvertures)
- Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate.
- Alternative spelling of coverture
Translations
chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets
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References
- OED2
French
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)
- blanket
- coverage
- cover, covering
Derived terms
- première de couverture
- quatrième de couverture
- tirer la couverture à soi
Related terms
- couvert
- couvercle
- couvrir
Further reading
- “couverture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.
Noun
couverture f (plural couvertures)
- (Guernsey) cover, bedclothes